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Exploration by British voyagers from the late seventeenth through
the early nineteenth centuries dramatically changed ideas about
the world's biological diversity. The famous voyages of Sir Hans
Sloane, Captain James Cook, naturalist Charles Darwin and others
led to major discoveries and advances in the field of natural
science. These explorations, and the rare treasures they uncovered,
formed the nucleus of one of the world's greatest natural history
collections and forever changed our thinking about the natural
world.
The National Museum of Natural History is proud to present a
new exhibition of material collected during these dramatic journeys
and organized by The Natural History Museum, London. Voyages
of Discovery is a mesmerizing visual record of some of the
most significant discoveries in the history of scientific exploration.
Superb artwork, biological specimens, some of the earliest photography,
and explorers' personal effects spanning three centuries document
advances in the field of natural science.
April 19, 2001 through July 22, 2001. First floor, Special Exhibitions
Gallery.
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