Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin's American plants : botanical expedition to the Caribbean (1754-1759) and the publication of the Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia / Santiago Madriñán.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madriñán, Santiago.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant collecting--Caribbean Area--History--18th century.

Plant collecting.

Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation--History--Caribbean Area--18th century.

Botanical specimens.

Scientific expeditions--Caribbean Area--History--18th century.

Scientific expeditions.

Plants--Caribbean Area--Identification.

Plants.

Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von, 1727-1817--Travel--Caribbean Area.

Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Biggleswade : Brill ; Turpin [distributor], 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants offers a detailed account of the Austrian botanical expedition to the Caribbean that took place between 1754 and 1759, culminating in the publication of the Selectarum stirpium americanarum historia (1763) by the famous Dutch-born scientist, the first Linnaean botanist in the New World. Novel findings about Jacquin’s family and early life are given. Through a careful reading of Jacquin’s own publications, letters and manuscripts, Santiago Madriñán provides, from a botanist’s perspective, a meticulous description of the places visited by Jacquin and the plants he collected. The splendid color illustrations of the plants published in the luxury second edition of the Selectarum in 1780 are here reprinted, together with an annotated list of the species described. This title was awarded the Stafleu Medal for 2015 for publications of 2013 and 2014 for outstanding publications in historical, bibliographical, and/or nomenclatural aspects of plant taxonomy.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin

Chapter One: A Leiden Botanist

Chapter Two: Botanical Expedition to the Caribbean

Chapter Three: The Selectarum stirpium americanarum historia

Conclusion: Ambassador of Flora

Appendix I: Jacquin’s American Plants

Appendix II: Jacquin’s American Animals

Appendix III: Jacquin’s Publications

Bibliography

Indices.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004234116

900423411X

OCLC:

840478184

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004234116 DOI