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The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction

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The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction - Pálsson, Gísli
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"The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in 1844. G???isli P???alsson draws on firsthand accounts from the Icelanders who hunted the last great auks to bring to life a bygone age of Victorian scientific exploration while offering vital insights into the extinction of species."--

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The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction 2024, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691230986

Hardcover