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Buch (Softcover): Belletristik
Beasts of the Sea
A heartbreaking fictional elegy to one of the world's most iconic lost creatures, the Steller's Sea Cow
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Verlag:
Maclehose Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: REY7P7G
EAN: 9781529438307
Auf Lager:
10+
Zustellung: Fr, 05.06.2026
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CHF 28.54
Beschreibung
An impeccably researched debut, and an adventure through three centuries of scientific exploration. In 1741, naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins the Great Northern Expedition, as captain Vitus Bering and his crewscout out a sea route from Asia to America. Although they never reach the American mainland, they make a unique discovery, now known as Steller's sea cow. In 1859, Hampus Furuhjelm, the Finnish governor of the Russian territory of Alaska, sends his men to seek theskeleton of this massive marine mammal, rumoured to have vanished a hundred years before. In 1952, John Grönvall, a restorer at what is now the Finnish Museum of Natural History, is assigned the task ofrefurbishing the skeleton of Steller's sea cow, long since extinct. Approaching the subject of biodiversity through individual destinies, Beasts of the Sea is a story of grand human ambitions and the urge to resurrect what humankind, in its ignorance, has destroyed. Translated from the Finnish by David Hackston
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Iida Turpeinen
- Hackston David
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2025
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Detailformat
- Softcover
Anzahl Seiten
- 288