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Voyages of Discovery

Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the most significant natural history expeditions.

Read the many stories of adventure and great scientific endeavour like Sir Hans Sloane’s journey to Jamaica in 1687, James Cook’s perilous Pacific crossings and Darwin’s historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle.

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Voyages of Discovery

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Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images - of explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers - entwine into a fascinating study of human achievement and natural wonder.

Hand-picked from the vast Library of the Museum, the illustrations and artworks contained here form a rare collection, most of which are exclusively presented in this stunning book.

Voyages of Discovery was originally published in 2000. It has been reformatted and is now available in this more user-friendly size.

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