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The Geographical Distribution Of Animals And Plants: Part I, Part 1 - Softcover

Charles Pickering

 
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The Geographical Distribution Of Animals And Plants: Part I, Part 1 by Charles Pickering offers a comprehensive survey of the movement and dispersal of animal and plant species throughout history. This scholarly work begins with Egypt and the Nile, exploring periods from antiquity through the Hyksos era, the construction of the pyramids, and into the Pharaonic, Greek, Roman, and Muslim times. It compiles chronological notes on introduced species—plants and animals brought by travelers, traders, conquerors, and settlers—alongside insights from monuments, inscriptions, calendars, and classical sources. By blending philology, archaeology, zoology, and botany, this text illuminates how cultural contact, migration, and exchange have shaped the world’s biota, while also highlighting the connections between ancient and medieval sources and modern biogeography. This dense, reference-rich account details the historical diffusion of life and the human influences that have driven it.

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