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Charles Waterton : 1782-1865 : traveller and conservationist

Blackburn, Julia1997
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A landowner and explorer, the eccentric Waterton was the first conservationist who fought to protect wild nature against the destruction and pollution of Victorian industrialisation. This biography highlights the originality of his ideas and work.
Main title:
Charles Waterton : 1782-1865 : traveller and conservationist / Julia Blackburn ; foreword by Gerald Durrell.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 1997, c1989.
Collation:
ix,243p.,[8]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : Bodley Head, 1989.
ISBN:
9780099736004 (pbk)
Local class:
B/WAT
Language:
English
BRN:
146294
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