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"[Conniff's] enthusiasm for his subject and admiration of these explorers is infectious ... an entertaining survey." -- Kirkus Reviews "[This] history of the 'great age of discovery' is spellbinding." -- Publishers Weekly "An anecdotal romp through the strange history of naturalism. Absurd characters, exciting discoveries, and fierce rivalries abound." -- Outside Magazine "An enduring story bursting at the seams with intriguing, fantastical and disturbing anecdotes." -- New Scientist "[Conniff] chronicles two centuries of adventure, and at the same time illustrates important developments in human thought." -- Christian Science Monitor "A swashbuckling romp...brilliantly evokes that just-before Darwin era." -- BBC Focus "Modern biology and medicine would not be what they are today if not for the death-defying naturalists who set out to travel the world and find new species. In The Species Seekers, Richard Conniff creates a marvelous rogues' gallery of these brave, sometimes reckless heroes of taxonomy, full of surprising tales of gorillas, platypuses, and disease-laden mosquitoes." -- Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex "A marvelous tribute to the age of wonder." -- Bernd Heinrich, author of The Nesting Season
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From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth, a colorful band of amateur naturalists explored the most perilous corners of the planet to discover new life-forms. Amid globe-spanning tales of adventure, Richard Conniff recounts a dramatic historical shift, as humans finally discovered the pantheon of life on Earth-and our place within it.
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