In the Heart of the Amazon Forest
One of the most impressive of all Victorian scientists but also a marvellous writer, Bates' (1825-1892) account of his years in the upper reaches of the Amazon is almost too good to be true - a great monument to human inquisitiveness as he battles great hoards of malevolent reptiles and insects in his quest for ever more obscure specimens on ever more narrow and creeper-choked tributaries.Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging wi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-14-196322-8
- EAN: 9780141963228
- Produktnummer: 17835367
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'715 KB
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Walter Henry Bates was born in 1825 and died in 1892. His extraordinary eleven year residence on the Amazon resulted in a haul of some 15,00 specimens, principally insects, well over half previously unknown to science.
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