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Historically, specimen hunters were frequently obsessives. There were so many obstacles that they needed to be but in a profession which attracts obsessives, one man was more obsessive than most. The museum houses the most important natural history library in the world. It has over a million books, but there is one that stands out. It was the ambitious creation of John James Audubon, the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and servant girl. The magnificence of this work by Audubon is, in fact is the scale. In 1820, with no formal training, Audubon embarked on a 20yearmission. He wanted to observe and paint every species of bird in North America, each one of them lifesized. |
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zòng guān lì shǐ," biāo běn liè rén" tōng cháng piān zhí wán qiáng. yīn wèi tàn suǒ lù shàng, biàn bù jiān nán xiǎn zǔ, zài zhè gè piān zhí kuáng zhòng duō de lǐng yù zhōng, yǒu yí ge rén hè lì jī qún. zì rán bó wù guǎn yōng yǒu shì jiè shang zuì zhòng yào de zì rán lì shǐ tú shū guǎn, yōng yǒu yī bǎi duō wàn cè tú shū, dàn zhè yī juàn yóu wéi tū chū, yuē hàn zhān mǔ sī ào dù bāng de wěi dà zhù zuò. tā shì yī wèi fǎ guó chuán zhǎng hé nǚ pú de sī shēng zǐ, ào dù bāng zhù zuò de wěi dà zhī chǔ zài yú qí hóng wěi de guī mó. 1820 nián, wèi jiē shòu guò zhèng guī péi xùn de ào dù bāng, kāi shǐ le yī xiàng cháng dá èr shí nián de shǐ mìng. tā xiǎng guān chá bìng huì huà xià běi měi dì qū suǒ yǒu niǎo lèi, bìng qiě cǎi qǔ 1: 1 bǐ lì miáo huì. |