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Royal BC Museum
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"The Royal British Columbia Museum is renowned for its authentic and evocative exhibitions, but there's so much more to discover behind the world-famous dioramas and displays. The collections housed in the museum and archives include millions of plant and animal specimens, and great numbers of historical and archaeological artifacts, photographs, films, audio recordings and fine art, such as the world's largest collection of works by Emily Carr. Treasures...
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English
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"A compact and contemporary guide to collecting, drying and storing plant specimens--suitable for both professional researchers and ardent amateurs. The long-awaited successor to Dr. Christoper Brayshaw's beloved Plant Collecting for the Amateur, Linda P.J. Lipsen's Pressed Plants goes to the heart of professional and amateur plant collecting today. Rich in illustrations, this beautiful book balances the ongoing history of plant collection with practical...
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Royal BC Museum
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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"Pacific Coast ship china identifies and dates shipping china used along the Pacific coast of North America. It covers china used on vessels and in-shore establishments of shipping organizations registered in Alaska, the Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Hawaii."--Royal BC Museum Publications, 2008 p. 4.
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Publisher
UBC Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"Butterflies are found everywhere in British Columbia, from balcony planter boxes in the city to the vast, unexplored expanses of boreal forest and mountains across the north, and from coastal bogs and wild ocean shorelines to the deserts of the southern interior. The total known fauna of butterfly species in BC is by far the largest and most diverse in Canada." "Butterflies of British Columbia summarizes all available information on the butterflies...
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Publisher
Royal BC Museum
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A unique field guide brimming with detailed descriptions, vibrant photos, and fascinating facts about British Columbia’s most common—and most distinctive—mushroom species. With more species of fungi than any other region in Canada, British Columbia is a rich playground for mushroom hunters. Now there’s Mushrooms of British Columbia, the newest handbook from the Royal BC Museum. It’s perfect for anyone wanting to know more about BC mushrooms—whether...
Publisher
Royal British Columbia Museum
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
"This is the first collection of essays, articles and interviews about the Nuu-chah-nulth people, who live along the west coast of Vancouver Island (Canada) and the Olympic Peninsula (U.S.A.). Alan L. Hoover has assembled a balance of views from inside and outside Nuu-chah-nulth history, culture and art. He presents the collection in four parts." "In "Voices", the Mowachaht-Muchalaht and Huu-ay-aht nations recount their own histories, and describe...
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Royal BC Museum
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"A comprehensive field guide to sharks and their cousins off the west coast of British Columbia. "Sharks! The very mention of the word conjures up images of dangerous creatures with a voracious appetite. This public image couldn't be farther from the truth for a vast majority of shark species: most are cautious and placid, and many inhabit waters that exclude them from human contact. Much fear of sharks is driven by media reports or films that sensationalize...
Publisher
Royal BC Museum
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An insightful collection exploring the plight, past and promise of the orca, powerful symbol of BC's wild coast and apex predator of all oceans. Spirits of the Coast brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, poets, artists and storytellers, united by their enchantment with the orca. Long feared in Western cultures as 'killer whales,' and respected and honoured by Indigenous cultures as friends, family or benefactors,...