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Henry Walter Bates. Photograph.

Henry Walter Bates FRS, 1825-1892 : explorer, scientist, and Darwinian / H.P. Moon.

Wallace and Bates in the Tropics : an introduction to the theory of natural selection, based on the writings of Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates / edited by Barbara G. Beddall.

Obituary : Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S / by Frederick Bates [and others].

Henry Walter Bates, naturalist of the Amazons / by George Woodcock.

Screwpine plants (Pandanus species) of Madagascar, sheltering a tent. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Three men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina), in a forest. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

A stand of traveller's palms (Ravenala madagascariensis) in Madagascar. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

A forest of doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) in French Sudan, with a travelling group of men and horses. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) in Nubia sheltering three people. Wood engraving by Faguet, c. 1867.

Two men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Screwpine plants (Pandanus muricatus) on a lakeside. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

The naturalist on the river Amazons : a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator during eleven years of travel / by Henry Walter Bates ; with a memoir of the author by Edward Clodd.

Palm tree (Inaja palm) with man standing beneath. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

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Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892

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The naturalist on the river Amazons : a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator during eleven years of travel / by Henry Walter Bates ; with a memoir of the author by Edward Clodd.

Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

Palm tree (Inaja palm) with man standing beneath. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

A forest of doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) in French Sudan, with a travelling group of men and horses. Wood engraving, c. 1867.