Naturalists in paradise : Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon / John Hemming.
- Hemming, John, 1935-
- Date:
- 2015
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
New York : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2015.
Physical description
368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Contributors
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-362) and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Scientific expeditionsAmazon River Region.
- Natural historyAmazon River Region.
- NaturalistsGreat BritainHistory19th century
- Amazon River RegionDiscovery and explorationHistory19th century
- Amazon River RegionDescription and travel
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913Travel
- Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892Travel
- Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893Travel
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineZDF.793.AA8Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780500252109
- 0500252106