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Author:
Hemming, John, 1935- author.
Title:
Naturalists in paradise : Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon / John Hemming.
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Subject:
Wallace, Alfred Russel,--1823-1913--Travel--Amazon River Region.
Bates, Henry Walter,--1825-1892--Travel--Amazon River Region.
Spruce, Richard,--1817-1893--Travel--Amazon River Region.
Scientific expeditions--Amazon River Region.
Natural history--Amazon River Region.
Naturalists--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Naturalists--Great Britain--Biography.
Indians of South America--Amazon River Region.
Amazon River Region--History--History--19th century.
Amazon River Region--Description and travel.
Wallace, Alfred Russel,--1823-1913.
Bates, Henry Walter,--1825-1892.
Spruce, Richard,--1817-1893.
Bates, Henry Walter,--1825-1892.
Spruce, Richard,--1817-1893.
Wallace, Alfred Russel,--1823-1913.
Discoveries in geography.
Indians of South America.
Natural history.
Naturalists.
Scientific expeditions.
Travel.
Amazon River Region.
Great Britain.
Wallace, Alfred Russel,--1823-1913.
Bates, Henry Walter,--1825-1892.
Spruce, Richard,--1817-1893.
Entdeckungsreise.
Amazonas-Gebiet.
1800 - 1899
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-362) and index.
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.
ISBN:
0500252106
9780500252109
OCLC:
(OCoLC)881207926
LCCN:
2014944634
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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