Brazilian natural history, originally written in latin, is the first scientific work on the natural history of brazil, written by dutch naturalist willem piso and research by german scientist georg marcgraf, published in 1648. Naturalis historia naturalis historia, 1669 edition, title page. The works subject area is thus not limited to what is today understood by natural history. Among the fortysix artists and scholars maurits hired as his research staff to promote scientific studies in brazil were the physician willem piso and astronomer. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Historia naturalis brasiliae george marcgrave willem piso on. Historia natural plinio wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to pliny. Pliny himself defines his scope as the natural world, or life. Books or articles that contain a brief description of somatotyping and provide no additional data or interpretation have been omitted.
Natural history, encyclopaedic scientific work of dubious accuracy by pliny the elder, completed in 77 ce as naturae historiae and conventionally known as naturalis historia. Natural history encyclopedic scientific work by pliny the. Naturalis historia latin for natural history is an encyclopedia published circa ad 7779 by pliny the elder. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. Historia naturalis brasiliae by willem piso, george marcgrave. The work includes observations made by the german naturalist h.
Batavorum, apud franciscus hackium et amstelodami apud lud. The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance and contributions to the assembly of the bibliography of william d. Author pliny the elder country ancient rome subject natural history, ethnography, art, sculpture, mining, mineralogy genre encyclopaedia, popular science the natural history is a work by pliny the elder. Marggraf, georg laet, historia naturalis brasiliae. Piso, willem et marcgraf, georg historia naturalis brasiliae. Histoire naturelle du bresil, est le premier ouvrage scientifique sur lhistoire naturelle du bresil, publie en 1648. Exercise and nutritional sciences san diego state university san diego, ca. Historia naturalis brasiliae wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Media in category historia naturalis brasiliae the following 200 files are in this category, out of 334 total. Na forma actual, o compendio consiste em trinta e sete livros. Food flora in 17th century northeast region of brazil in historia.
Investigating the intercultural connections that shaped practices. Splash latino plinio il vecchio naturalis historia. Mauritii com nassav illius provinciae et maris summi praefecti adornata. Brazilian natural history, originally written in latin, is the. Volume i of the natural history of gaius plinius secundus.
The historia naturalis brasiliae was published in 1648 under the patronage of johan maurits of nassau siegen, former governor general of dutch brazil. Historia naturalis brasiliae in qua non tantum plantae et animalia, sed et indigenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur et iconibus supra quingentas illustrantur. Este artigo tem como objetivo didatico numa obra introdutoria dos fundamentos da geografia. Although pliny did not distinguish between fact, opinion, and speculation in his 37volume treatise, he can be credited with. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover all ancient knowledge. Internet archive bookreader historia naturalis brasiliae. Although pliny did not distinguish between fact, opinion, and speculation in. Lopera, preceduta da una epistola dedicatoria a tito, futuro imperatore, e databile intorno al 77 78 d.
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