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SEYCHELLES & MAURITIUS
Worth Looking For
The Dodo And Mauritius Island, Imaginary Encounters
• Harri Kallio
NATURAL HISTORY •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES
• COMING IN
A beautifully illustrated pictorial salute to the extinct dodo and its island home, accompanied by Kallio's winning photographs.
(MTS07, $45.00) |
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Gap in Nature, Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
• Tim F. Flannery
• Peter Schouten
SCIENCE •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 184 PAGES
• COMING IN
An illustrated, informative tribute to 103 species that have perished in the last 500 years. Not surprisingly, islands are well represented, including (famously) the dodo which once roamed the forests of Mauritius and many birds and mammals from New Zealand. Flannery and Schouten, who visited museums around the world to see specimens and collect information, focus on animals that could be realistically re-created. The paintings, which are spectacular, were all drawn at life size in the original. Organized by date of extinction from the Upland Moa (1500), Dodo (1681) and Steller's Sea Cow (1768) to the Passenger Pigeon (1914), Darwin's Rice Rat (1929) and Guam Flying-fox (1974).
(SCI55, $34.95) |
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Birds of Seychelles
• Malcom Penny
FIELD GUIDE •
1986 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
• COMING IN
A compact guide to birds of Seychelles featuring handsome color plates by Chloe Talbot-Kelly, a 50-page overview of the islands, and an extensive description of each species.
(SEY16, $24.95) |
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Seabirds of the World, The Complete Reference
• Jim Enticott
FIELD GUIDE •
1997 •
HARD COVER
• 240 PAGES
• COMING IN
An excellent addition to the library of any ocean-going birder, this handsome oversize book features hundreds of photographs and good descriptive information on all the world's seabirds.
(FG23, $49.95) |
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A Fragile Eden, Portraits of the Endemic Flowering Plants of the Granitic Seychelles
• Rosemary Wise
NATURAL HISTORY •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 200 PAGES
• COMING IN
A beautifully illustrated overview of the endemic plants of Seychelles. The author/illustrator, a botanical artist who devoted ten years to the project, presents the unique plants of the central islands in 79 stunning color plates, each accompanied by detailed description. The book includes a chapter on the biogeography of the archipelago, chronology and brief overview of habitats and key collecting sites.
(SEY13, $95.00) |
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Seychelles
• Peter Vine
NATURAL HISTORY •
1996 •
HARD COVER
• 208 PAGES
• COMING IN
Focusing on natural history, culture and society, this large-format illustrated book is an excellent introduction to the Seychelles. Imported from Great Britain, with 197 color photographs and a number of maps.
(SEY11, $51.95) |
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