Baron Cuvier's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature' is a groundbreaking work of natural history that revolutionized the way we understand the world around us. In this translation, Edward Moxon provides copious notes and updates to Cuvier's original text, including accounts of new discoveries in the natural sciences. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Oliver Goldsmith provide introductions to the work, contextualizing its importance. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in science, nature, and the history of ideas. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.