Natural History: A Selective Bibliography
Alden, James. Journal of James Alden Aboard the Vincennes (Sloop-of-War), Captain
Charles Wilkes Commander, 1838 August 7-1842 June 22. Logbooks, Journals
and Account Books Collection. The Library at The Mariners’ Museum.
Logbook no. 120.
Bartram, William. Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West
Florida, the Cherokee Country. Dublin : J. Moore, W. Jones, R. M’Allister, and
J. Rice, 1793. RARE F213 .B37 1793
Bloxam, Andrew. Diary of Andrew Bloxam: Naturalist of the “Blonde” on Her Trip from
England to the Hawaiian Islands, 1824-25. Honolulu : Bishop Museum, 1925.
GN670 .B62 no. 10
Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands:
Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants.
London : B. White, 1771.
RARE QH41 .C3 OO
Clavigero, Francesco Saverio. The History of Mexico: Collected from Spanish and
Mexican Historians, from Manuscripts, and Ancient Paintings of the Indians.
Translated by Charles Cullen. London : G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1787.
RARE F1219 .C62 1787
“Collection of Seventy-Eight Chinese Drawings of Fishes, [ca. 1800].” The Library at
The Mariners’ Museum.
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Cook, James. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: Undertaken by the Command of His
Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, Performed under
the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the
Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780.
London : H. Hughes, 1785. RARE G420 .C77
D’Albertis, Luigi Maria. New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw. London : S. Low,
Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1880. DU740 .A33
Dampier, William. A New Voyage Round the World . . ., 3 vols. London : James
Knapton, 1698-1703. RARE G420 .D16 1698
Du Terte, Jean Baptiste. Historie generale des Antilles habiteés par les Francois. Paris :
T. Iolly, 1667-71.
RARE F2001 .D92
Eggert, Ólafsson. Travels in Iceland. London : R. Phillips, 1895.
RARE DL309 .O42
Fitzroy, Robert. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure
and Beagle: between the Years 1826 and 1836, Describing their Examination of
the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle’s Circumnavigation of the
Globe.
RARE F2936 .F5 1839
Flinders, Matthew. A Voyage to Terra Australis: Undertaken for the Purpose of
Completing the Discovery of the Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801,
1802 and 1803. London : G. & W. Nicol, 1814.
RARE DU99 .F6 O
Forster, Georg. A Voyage Round the World in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop,
Resolution, Commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5.
London : B. White, 1777.
RARE G420.C7 F7 1777
Forster, Johann Reinhold. History of the Voyages and Discoveries Made in the North.
London : G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1786.
RARE G420 .F7
Günther, Albert C. L. G. Report on the Deep-Sea Fishes Collected by H.M.S. Challenger
During the Years 1873-1876. London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1887.
Q115.C4 C425 1887 O
Günther, Albert C. L. G. Report on the Shore Fishes Procured During the Voyage of
H.M.S. Challenger in the Years 1873-1876. London : Longmans, 1880.
Q115.C4 C425 1887 O
Harriman Alaska Expedition. Alaska. New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901.
Q115 .H3
Hawkesworth, John. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present
Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London : W.
Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773.
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Kaempfer, Engelbert. The History of Japan. Translated by J. G. Scheuchzer. London : J.
G. Scheuchzer, 1727. RARE DS808 .K12 O
Kearney, Thomas H. Report on a Botanical Survey of the Dismal Swamp Region.
Washington, U.S. G.P.O., 1901.
F232.D7 K3
Lesson, R. P. Voyage autour du monde entrepris par ordre du gouvernement sur la
corvette la Coquille. Paris : P. Pourrat frères, 1839. RARE G420.C8 L6
Menzies, Archibald. Menzies’ Journal of Vancouver’s Voyage, April to October, 1792:
Edited with Botanical and Ethnological Notes. Victoria, B.C. : W.H. Cullin, 1923.
F1086 .B86 no. 5
Millar, George Henry. A New Complete, and Universal Body, or System of Natural
History. London : Alex Hogg, 1785. RARE QH15 .M6 O
Monroe, Charles Edward. “Post Graduate Instruction in Natural History for Naval
Officers.” Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute 8, no. 1 (March 1882):
187-190.
PER V1 .R43
Montanus, Arnoldus. De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
en ‘t Zui-Land. Amsterdam : J. Meurs, 1671.
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Nieuhof, Johannes. An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces,
to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China. Translated by John Ogilby.
London : John Macock, 1669.
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Nieuhof, Johannes. Het Gezantschap der Neêlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie aan
den Grooten Tartarischen Cham den Tegenwoordigen Keizer van China.
Amsterdam : Jacob van Meurs, 1665.
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Ogilby, John. Africa: Being Accurate Description of the Regions of Ægypt, Barbary,
Lybia, and Billendulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia, and the
Abyssines, with all the Adjacent Islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick,
Southern, or Oriental Sea, Belonging Thereunto. London : Thomas Johnson,
1670. RARE DT7 .O3
Ogilby, John. America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New
World. London, 1671.
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Osbeck, Pehr. A Voyage to China and the East Indies. Translated by John Reinhold
Forster. London : Benjamin White, 1771. RARE DS708 .O8
Pallas, Peter Simon. Voyages de M.P.S. Pallas: en différentes provinces de l’empire de
Russie, et dans l’Asie septentrionale. Paris : Lagrange, 1788-93.
RARE DK23 .P16 O
Pernety, Antoine-Joseph. The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands.
London : T. Jeffreys, 1771. RARE F3031 .P4 1771
Pliny, the Elder. C. Plinii secundi historiae naturalis libri XXXVII. Lugduni Batavorum :
Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635.
RARE QH41 .P72
Pocock, Nicholas. Logbooks of the Minerva, 1772-1776. The Library at The Mariners’
Museum. Logbooks no. 30-31
Pontoppidan, Erich. The Natural History of Norway: Containing a Particular and
Accurate Account of the Temperature of the Air, the Different Soils, Waters,
Vegetables, Metals, Minerals, Stones, Beasts, Birds, and Fishes, together with the
Dispositions, Customs, and Manner of Living Inhabitants . . ., 2 vols. Translated
by Andreas Berthelson. London : A. Linde, 1755. RARE QH168 .P82 O
Rice, A. L. Voyages of Discovery: Three Centuries of Natural History Exploration. New
York : C. Potter, 1999.
QH15 .R54 1999 O
Ross, John. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a
Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833.
London : A.W. Webster, 1835.
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Royal Society (Great Britain). Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some account of the
Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious, in Many
Considerable Parts of the World. London : C. Davis, 1665-1775
Q41 .R8
Sargent, Charles Sprague. The Silva of North America. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin &
Company, 1891-1902. RARE QK481 .S25 O
Sclater, Philip Lutely. Report on the Birds Collected During the Voyage of H.M.S.
Challenger in the Years 1873-1876. London : Longmans & Company, 1881.
Q115.C4 C423 1881
Sloane, Hans. A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and
Jamaica. London : B.M., 1701-25. RARE QH109.J3 S6 O
Smith, William. A New Voyage to Guinea. London : J. Norse, 1744.
RARE DT471 .S66
Tachard, Guy. Voyage de Siam des pères Jesuites, envoyés par le roy, aux Indes & à la
Chine. Amsterdam : P. Mortier, 1687.
RARE DS564 .T12
Tizard, Thomas Henry. Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger: with a General
Account of the Scientific Results of the Expedition. London : Longmans, 1885.
Q115 .C4 O
Vanderbilt, William K. To Galápagos on the Ara, 1926: the Events of a Pleasure-Cruise
to the Galápagos Islands and a Classification of a Few Rare Aquatic Findings.
[Mount Vernon, N.Y. : W.E. Rudge, 1927]. RARE QH123 .V2 O
Wallace, Alfred Russel. A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro: with an
Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and
Natural History of the Amazon Valley. London : Reeve and Company, 1853.
RARE F2546 .W18 1853
White, John. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, with Sixty-Five Plates of
Nondescript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, Curious Cones of Trees and Other
Natural Productions. London : J. Debrett, 1790.
RARE QH197 .W58 1790
Wild, John James. At Anchor: Narrative of Experiences Afloat and Ashore During the
Voyage of H.M.S. “Challenger” from 1872 to 1876. London : M. Ward &
Company, 1878.
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Compiled by Lisa DuVernay, April 2005