Robert M Peck
Biographic Data
| ID | 5591688 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Peck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Peck |
| SIGNATURE | PECK R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Drexel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4698-006X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Collaring nature
The mysterious disappearance of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror while searching for the Northwest Passage under the leadership of Sir John Franklin in the 1840s led to more than thirty different expeditions seeking to find the lost ships and their 129-man crews. It also fostered the first and only use of wild animals as a means of communication in such a rescue operation. Since covering the vast search areas was challenging, if not impossible during su…
Tokens of friendship, tools of diplomacy
To help smooth first and early encounters with indigenous people around the world, European and American explorers often presented gifts to the people whose lands they were exploring. Buttons from naval or military uniforms were sometimes exchanged for food, furs, and other local products. Special medals were also prepared for use on expeditions. These were selectively presented to indigenous leaders or left as tangible records of places “discove…
A painter in the Bering Sea
Henry Wood Elliott (1846–1930), a U.S. Treasury official assigned to monitor the harvest of northern fur seals on the Pribilof Islands in the 1870s, became a self-taught expert on, and defender of, the species. His careful documentation of the seals’ breeding behaviour, and of their commercial harvest, complemented by hundreds of detailed and evocative watercolours, provides a unique record of this once abundant species and the lucrative industry…
The art of the Arctic
At various times through history, particularly toward the end of the eighteenth century and periodically throughout the nineteenth century, public interest in the Arctic and its exploration has been stimulated by published expedition reports and narratives of personal experiences in that inaccessible region. These and many unpublished accounts of travel in the Far North have been insightfully studied and analysed by literary, geographical and soc…
Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge
Sue Ann Prince, Frank H. T. Rhodes, Robert McCracken Peck, Michael Gaudio, Joyce E. Chaplin, Jane Elizabeth Boyd, Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge: Natural History in North America, 1730-1860, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. 93, No. 4 (2003), pp. i-xviii, 1-113
The Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and His Family. Vol. 2, Pts. 1, 2, Charles Willson Peale
An American Bestiary . Mary Sayre Haverstock
Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge
Sue Ann Prince, Frank H. T. Rhodes, Robert McCracken Peck, Michael Gaudio, Joyce E. Chaplin, Jane Elizabeth Boyd, Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge: Natural History in North America, 1730-1860, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. 93, No. 4 (2003), pp. i-xviii, 1-113
An American Bestiary . Mary Sayre Haverstock
The Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and His Family. Vol. 2, Pts. 1, 2, Charles Willson Peale
Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge
Sue Ann Prince, Frank H. T. Rhodes, Robert McCracken Peck, Michael Gaudio, Joyce E. Chaplin, Jane Elizabeth Boyd, Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge: Natural History in North America, 1730-1860, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. 93, No. 4 (2003), pp. i-xviii, 1-113
The art of the Arctic
At various times through history, particularly toward the end of the eighteenth century and periodically throughout the nineteenth century, public interest in the Arctic and its exploration has been stimulated by published expedition reports and narratives of personal experiences in that inaccessible region. These and many unpublished accounts of travel in the Far North have been insightfully studied and analysed by literary, geographical and soc…
A painter in the Bering Sea
Henry Wood Elliott (1846–1930), a U.S. Treasury official assigned to monitor the harvest of northern fur seals on the Pribilof Islands in the 1870s, became a self-taught expert on, and defender of, the species. His careful documentation of the seals’ breeding behaviour, and of their commercial harvest, complemented by hundreds of detailed and evocative watercolours, provides a unique record of this once abundant species and the lucrative industry…
Tokens of friendship, tools of diplomacy
To help smooth first and early encounters with indigenous people around the world, European and American explorers often presented gifts to the people whose lands they were exploring. Buttons from naval or military uniforms were sometimes exchanged for food, furs, and other local products. Special medals were also prepared for use on expeditions. These were selectively presented to indigenous leaders or left as tangible records of places “discove…
Collaring nature
The mysterious disappearance of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror while searching for the Northwest Passage under the leadership of Sir John Franklin in the 1840s led to more than thirty different expeditions seeking to find the lost ships and their 129-man crews. It also fostered the first and only use of wild animals as a means of communication in such a rescue operation. Since covering the vast search areas was challenging, if not impossible during su…
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