4-6. Nat the naturalist, or, A boy's adventures in the eastern seas｜Children’s Books in the Victorian Era: from the Winnington-Ingram Collection

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4-6. Nat the naturalist, or, A boy's adventures in the eastern seas

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Nat the naturalist, or, A boy's adventures in the eastern seas / by Geo. Manville Fenn ; with eight full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne.

Call No.: : VZ1-408
Publication etc.: : London : Blackie & Son, [1899]
Physical Descript.: : 320, 32p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20cm.

The book provides abundant naturalist knowledge while relating the story of a boy named Nat, a researcher of flora and fauna in Borneo and New Guinea. Disseminating knowledge of natural science was an important role of 19th-century adventure tales.