But you don’t have to go to the ends of the Earth to learn more. With the Biodiversity Heritage Library, you don’t even have to leave your computer.
This Vast Library of Life Puts Nature Online | The Washington Post
Plate 5 from "The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle ... during the years 1832-1836 (Pt. 3 Birds)" by Charles Darwin, one of thousands of books scanned for Biodiversity Heritage Library by the MBLWHOI Library. Courtesy Biodiversity Heritage Library
The massive, open-access digital library offers users hundreds of thousands of books, archival holdings, images and more — about 60 million pages in all.
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Source: This Vast Library of Life Puts Nature Online | The Washington Post
Below: Plate 34, labeled Tanagra Darwini, from "The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle ... during the years 1832-1836 (Part 3: Birds)" by Charles Darwin, one of thousands of books scanned for the Biodiversity Heritage Library by the MBLWHOI Library. Courtesy Biodiversity Heritage Library