10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLAUBOK»
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1
Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
One was the blaubok or bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus), which was driven
to extinction in the 19th century. Another was the white-tailed wildebeest (Con-
nochates gnou), saved by major efforts in the 20th century. The third was the ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2001
2
Our Vanishing Wild Life:
THE BLAUBOK, (Hippotragus leucophaeus).—The first of theAfrican antelopes to
become extinct in modern times was a speciesof large size, closely related to the
roan antelope of to−day, and named by theearly Dutchsettlersof Cape Colony ...
William T. Hornaday, 2014
3
The Myth of Wild Africa: Conservation Without Illusion
He could hardly have missed it: the only large African mammals to go extinct in
recorded history were the quagga (a kind of zebra) and a large antelope called a
blaubok, both of which were found in South Africa. The quagga and the blaubok ...
4
The Chambers Dictionary
blank 168 blaubok blank blangk, adj(o( writing paper, etc) not written on; (of a
questionnaire, etc) printed with empty spaces for information to be inserted, or
with these spaces still unfilled; empty; featureless; expressionless; nonplussed;
sheer; ...
5
The Shipley collection of scientific papers
SOUTH AFRICA : The Quagga and Blaubok. We will not attempt to write for the
people of South Africa the sad history of the total extermination of the two fine
species named above. The Quagga, most interesting of all the horse-like animals
of ...
6
Library of Congress Subject Headings
P7) x Ara ararauna Blue-and-gold macaw Yellow-breasted macaw xx Macaws
Blue antelope x Blaubok Hippotragus leucophaeus xx Antelopes Blue baby See
Tetralogy of Fallot Blue bear See Glacier bear Blue collar workers See Labor and
...
Library of Congress, 1986
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
River) Blaubok USE Blue buck Blauch family USE Blough family Blaue Reiter (
Group of artists) UF Blue Rider (Group of artists) Der Blaue Reiter (Group of
artists) RT Art, German—20th century Blaue Vier (Group of artists) UF Blue Four (
Group ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2006
8
Around the World in Eighty Days and Five Weeks in a Balloon
When he came within range he fired. The antelopes vanished in the twinkling of
an eye, but one stag fell, hit behind the shoulder, and Kennedy dashed towards
his prey. It was a blaubok, a splendid animal of a pale bluish- grey, the belly and
...
9
Against Extinction: The Story of Conservation
the blaubok, had disappeared by 1798, almost before Europe's naturalist
collectors had registered its existence. Through the 19th century, hunters
reached further and further north, and the trade in ivory, horns, skins and ostrich
plumes grew ...
William (Bill) Adams, 2013
10
The British cyclopaedia of the arts, sciences, history, ...
... ii, 73 Blaubok, antelopes, i. 145 Blcckbok, antelopes, i. 149 Blennius, blenny, i.
5 1 1 Blessed thistle, composites, ii. 99 Blind- worm, unguis, i. 112 Blitum,
chenopodea, ii. 21 Blood-flower, hamanthus, ii. 697 Bloodwort, sanguinaria, iii,
605 ...
