TITLE:
The great dinosaur hunters and their discoveries / by Edwin H. Colbert.
Publication Date:
1984
Publication Information:
New York : Dover Publications,
Physical Description:
xxii, 283 p., [64] p. of plates : ill., ports.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Bibliography: p. [265]-272.
Summary:
Describes the beginnings of dinosaur research in 19th century England to an Arctic expedition in 1960. Fascinating, lavishly illustrated story of dinosaur research from beginnings in 19th-century England to 1960. Achievements of Buckland, Mantell, Cope, Marsh, Huxley, Sternberg, Brown, many other researchers. Also expeditions, excavations, reconstruction, rivalries, more.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780486247014
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Men and dinosaurs. 1st ed. 1968.
Includes index.
