Recollections of a Happy Life - Volume 1

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-04128-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 519 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences

Marianne North (1830-90), the Victorian amateur botanist and painter, travelled to distant countries of the world to paint exotic flora in their natural surroundings. This two-volume collection of her memoirs, edited by her sister and published in 1892, records North's remarkable travels. Laden with her palettes and easels, the independent North travelled alone and fended for herself. Her journals describe how she endured swarms of insects, scaled cliffs, trudged through wilderness and crossed swamps in order to reach the plants she wanted to paint. Volume 1 covers North's early upbringing and the origins of her enthusiasm for nature, and traces her travels through Canada and the United States, Jamaica, Brazil, Japan, Borneo, India and Sri Lanka. This fascinating autobiography reveals the stories behind North's art, which can still be appreciated today since she bequeathed her vivid paintings to Kew Gardens, where they are on display.

Autoren/Hrsg.

North, Marianne

Symonds, Janet

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Early days and home life; 2. Canada and United States; 3. Jamaica; 4. Brazil; 5. Highlands of Brazil; 6. Tenerife. California. Japan. Singapore; 7. Borneo and Java; 8. Ceylon and home; 9. India.