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Naturalists in paradise : Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon / John Hemming.
LIBRA F2546 .H446 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hemming, John, 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913--Travel--Amazon River Region.
- Wallace, Alfred Russel.
- Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892--Travel--Amazon River Region.
- Bates, Henry Walter.
- Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893--Travel--Amazon River Region.
- Spruce, Richard.
- Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893.
- Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892.
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
- Scientific expeditions--Amazon River Region.
- Scientific expeditions.
- Natural history--Amazon River Region.
- Natural history.
- Discoveries in geography.
- History.
- Indians of South America.
- Naturalists.
- Travel.
- Amazon River Region.
- Naturalists--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Indians of South America--Amazon River Region.
- Amazon River Region--Discovery and exploration--History--19th century.
- Amazon River Region--Description and travel.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thames & Hudson, 2015.
- Contents:
- A naturalist's paradise
- Antecedents
- Enterprising young men
- The mouth of the Amazon
- Into Amazonia
- Manaus
- Wallace on the Rio Negro
- Into the unknown
- Calamities
- Bates on the Amazon
- Spruce climbs to the Andes
- Later lives : the Amazonian legacy
- Timeline.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-362) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780500252109
- 0500252106
- OCLC:
- 881207926
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