Lost Animals
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-16137-2 (ISBN)
- Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage - Artikel merken
A photograph of an extinct animal evokes a greater feeling of loss than any painting ever could. Often black and white or tinted sepia, these remarkable images have been taken mainly in zoos or wildlife parks, and in some cases depict the last known individual of the species. Lost Animals is a unique photographic record of extinction, presented by a world authority on vanished animals. Richly illustrated throughout, this handsome book features photographs dating from around 1870 to as recently as 2004, the year that witnessed the demise of the Hawaiian Po'ouli. From a mother Thylacine and her pups to birds such as the Heath Hen and the Carolina Parakeet, Errol Fuller tells the story of each animal, explains why it became extinct, and discusses the circumstances surrounding the photography. Covering 28 extinct species, Lost Animals includes familiar examples like the last Passenger Pigeon, Martha, and one of the last Ivory-billed Woodpeckers, photographed as it peers quizzically at the hat of one of the biologists who has just ringed it. But the book includes rare images as well, many never before published.
Collected together here for the first time, these photographs provide a tangible link to animals that have now vanished forever, in a book that brings the past to life while delivering a warning for the future. Poignant and compelling, Lost Animals also includes a concise introduction that looks at the earliest days of animal photography, and an appendix of drawings and paintings of the species covered.
Errol Fuller is an acclaimed artist and writer, and a world authority on bird and animal extinction. His many books include the award-winning Extinct Birds as well as Dodo: From Extinction to Icon and The Great Auk.
Introduction 8 Atitlan Giant Grebe 18 Alaotra Grebe 28 Pink-headed Duck 32 Heath Hen 38 Wake Island Rail 46 Laysan Rail 50 Eskimo Curlew 56 Passenger Pigeon 62 Carolina Parakeet 72 Paradise Parrot 78 Laughing Owl 88 Ivory-billed Woodpecker 96 Imperial Woodpecker 112 New Zealand Bush Wren 118 Aldabra Brush Warbler 128 Bachman's Warbler 134 Kauai 'O 'o 140 'O 'u 148 Mamo 154 Po 'o uli 158 Guam Flycatcher 166 Thylacine 170 Greater Short-tailed Bat 180 Caribbean Monk Seal 184 Yangtze River Dolphin 188 Quagga 194 Schomburgk's Deer 206 Bubal Hartebeest 210 Appendix 214
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.2.2014 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 53 color + 95 b/w illus. |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 964 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-16137-2 / 0691161372 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-16137-2 / 9780691161372 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
