Flora / Fauna
Out of Print
By: Georgius Everhardus Rumphius and EM Beekman
524 pages, b/w photos, b/w illustrations, b/w maps
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Volume one contains Book I: Containing All Sorts of Trees, That Bear Edible Fruit, and Are Husbanded by People.
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Georgius Everhardus Rumphius (1627-1702), a soldier and naturalist, arrived on the island of Ambon in Indonesia in 1653 and until his death devoted himself to the task of documenting the tropical environment he encountered there. The late E. M. Beekman, a highly acclaimed authority on colonial and Dutch language and literature, was Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He was also an accomplished poet and novelist and the author of two dozen books.
Flora / Fauna
Out of Print
By: Georgius Everhardus Rumphius and EM Beekman
524 pages, b/w photos, b/w illustrations, b/w maps