Pioneer Naturalists: The Discovery and Naming of North American Plants and Animals

Very Good hardcover in good dust jacket.  Creases and small tears to spine of DJ.

The adventures of discovering North American wildlife in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries;  a time when many explorers of a scientific bent roamed the mountains and plains, seacoasts and forests, and recorded their observations and findings. Virtually all left their names (or those of others) attached to the plants and animals they encountered. Pioneer Naturalists tells the stories of these eponyms and the individuals they honor.