| ISBN |
9780522874020 |
| Author |
Guilfoyle, W. R. (William Robert), 1843-1912 |
| Title |
Mr Guilfoyle's South Sea Islands adventure on H.M.S. Challenger / edited by Diana Evelyn Hill & Edmée Helen Cudmore. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, 2019. |
| ©2019. |
| Description |
107 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Mr Guilfoyle trilogy 3 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-104) and index. |
| Summary |
"Discover the inspiration for the famed redesign of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. It was the young William Guilfoyle's botanical tour of the South Sea Islands in 1868 that provided his vision for the one of the world's great public parks. Share his excitement of discovering and collecting tropical plants, giving the local cannibals a very wide berth and being an eyewitness to an uprising in Fiji. Here is an unprecedented armchair view of the riches of this region by an emerging botanist who would later transform our understanding of garden design. Mr Guilfoyle's South Sea Islands Adventure on HMS Challenger is Guilfoyle's detailed account of the four months he spent exploring Samoa, the Friendly Islands, Fiji, the New Hebrides and New Caledonia. It is the final book of a glorious trilogy-Mr Guilfoyle's Shakespearian Botany and Mr Guilfoyle's Honeymoon, The Gardens of Europe & Great Britain-which illuminates the extraordinary genius of William Guilfoyle, botanist, landscape designer, artist and writer."--Website. |
| Local note |
General copy number 187 "in the second numbered series"--preliminary pages. |
| Subjects |
Guilfoyle, W. R.(William Robert),1843-1912 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens (Melbourne, Vic.) |
| Challenger (Ship) |
| Botanical gardens -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- History |
| Botanical gardens -- Oceania |
| Plants -- Oceania |
| Oceania -- Discovery and exploration |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Hill, Diana E., 1965- (author.) |
| Cudmore, Edmée H., 1931- (editor.) |
| Series |
Mr Guilfoyle trilogy 3. |
| Call number |
2019.369 |
