A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
- ISBN-10
- 1876485779
- ISBN-13
- 9781876485771
- Category
- Extinct animals
- Pages
- 184
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Authors
- Tim Fridtjof Flannery, Peter Schouten
Description
We live in an age of extinction. A Gap in Nature, written by Tim Flannery and breathtakingly illustrated by Peter Schouten, tells the magic story of how, after Columbus' bold discovery of the Americas in 1492, the impact of European exploration and settlement was to prove fatal for many of the planet's most bizarre and extraordinary creatures. Some species disappeared before they could be properly documented, and others became extinct when overzealous collectors shot their last members. Every part of the planet was affected, from the Caribbean to the Arctic North, from the tiniest Pacific island to Eurasia, the great landmass of them all.
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