This collection brings together a rich cross section of artworks from
the Library of the Natural History Museum--including many previously
unpublished images--each of which illuminate an incredible journey in
the pursuit of observing and documenting the natural world. Seminal
voyages represented include all three of Captain Cook's voyages to the
Pacific--the first being on HMS Endeavour, Robert Falcon Scott's
Discovery and Terra Nova expeditions to Antarctica, and the Challenger
expedition which changed the nature of oceanographic and marine
exploration. There are also many stunning illustrations from lone
naturalist-explorers such as William Bartram and John Abbot, and Paul
Hermann who captured the natural history of Sri Lanka, the colorful
sketchbooks from Olivia Tonge's travels to India, and the notebooks of
Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace while exploring the Amazon.