John Hemming

Naturalists in Paradise

Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon

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Produktbeschreibung

Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book combines all three young mens experiences of the Amazon, drawing heavily on their own letters and books.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 174mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 982g
• ISBN-13: 9780500252109
• ISBN-10: 0500252106
• Artikelnr.: 41050925

Autorenporträt

John Hemming was Director of the Royal Geographical Society for over twenty years. He has travelled extensively in the Amazon region, where he experienced many of the same thrills and hardships as the naturalists featured in this book. He was awarded Peru's highest civil decoration, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit.

Inhaltsangabe

1: A naturalist's paradise . 2: Antecedents . 3: Enterprising young men .
4: The mouth of the Amazon . 5: Into Amazonia . 6: Manaus . 7: Wallace on
the Rio Negro . 8: Into the unknown . 9: Calamities . 10: Bates on the
Amazon . 11: Spruce climbs to the Andes . 12: Later lives: the Amazonian
legacy