Strange and Wonderful: Exotic Flora and Fauna in Image and Imagination

by Karen Polinger Foster

Ever since the creation of the world's first botanical and zoological gardens five thousand years ago, people have collected, displayed, and depicted plants and animals from lands beyond their everyday experience. Some did so to demonstrate power over distant territories, others to enhance prestige by possessing something no one had seen before. Exotica also satisfied intellectual curiosity, furthered scientific research, and educated and entertained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190672536
• ISBN13: 9780190672539
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 10.1"