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Cited as one of the Best Books of 2000 by "Library Journal"In the early years of the Republic, America was a land filled with uncharted flora and fauna, a treasure-trove for every naturalist in the world. One such naturalist was Charles-Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano and Canino, nephew of the Emperor Napoleon. Called the father of American descriptive ornithology, Charles-Lucien was the author of the monumental "American Ornithology: or, The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson."Born in 1803 to Lucien, a younger brother of Napoleon, Charles spent his early childhood in Rome, where his father, an ardent republican and opponent of the Empire, had sought papal protection. In 1810, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, the family left Italy with the intent of emigrating to the United States; instead, they were apprehended by the British off Sardinia and taken to England, where for four years they lived publicly as celebrated captives. Charles was privately tutored, learning English and concentrating on his favorite subject, natural history.With his wife--and first cousin--Zenaide, Charles joined his uncle Joseph in exile in Bordentown, New Je

Author

Patricia Tyson Stroud

Publisher

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812235463

Subjects

Science, Nature, History