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
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Sprache:Englisch
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
29.06.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
168
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/1 cm
Gewicht
254 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-89247-84-8
Step into the furnace of the Equator. Follow Henry W. Bates up the Amazon river basin, where every bend brings new forms of life and human story. Eleven years of travel, noticed with a scientist's patience and a storyteller's nerve. Nothing here ever feels second-hand. This natural history travelogue moves from canoe journeys and forest camps to close observations of amazon rainforest wildlife, with special attention to tropical insects and butterflies that helped shape modern ideas about evolution. Part victorian exploration memoir, part field notebook, The Naturalist on the River Amazons stands beside the Darwin Voyage of the Beagle as a landmark of nineteenth century Brazil and the wider history of science students still study. Bates writes with vivid respect for indigenous Brazilian daily life, settler towns, and the slow rhythms of river trade, while keeping the wonder of first discovery in view. Long valued as an illustrated travel classic and a touchstone of the victorian scientific expedition, it rewards casual readers who want adventure and atmosphere, and classic literature collectors who prize original voices at the meeting point of nature writing and scientific thought. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. From river-level sketches to insect-wing detail, Bates delivers a union of eye and mind. Read it for wonder; keep it for reference, and for its enduring Victorian voice in print.
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