John Hemming: Naturalists in Paradise | Buch

Cover: 9780500252109 | Naturalists in Paradise | Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon

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Beschreibung

Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to combine all three young men's experiences of the Amazon, drawing heavily on their own letters and books. All three explored an unknown river and had many thrilling adventures: violent attacks of malaria, fearful rapids, murder attempts, encounters with newly contacted indigenous peoples, shipwrecks, and many other hardships. In addition to their huge contributions to knowledge of the Amazonian environment, each is particularly famous for one discovery. Wallace is acknowledged as a co-discoverer, along with Charles Darwin, of the theory of evolution. Bates discovered protective mimicry among insects, a phenomenon named after him. Spruce transported the quinine-bearing Cinchona tree, the most important medicinal plant of the nineteenth century, to India, where it saved countless lives from malaria.

Über den Autor

John Hemming was Director of the Royal Geographical Society for over twenty years. He has travelled extensively in the Amazon region, where he experienced many of the same thrills and hardships as the naturalists featured in this book. He was awarded Peru's highest civil decoration, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: A naturalist's paradise . 2: Antecedents . 3: Enterprising young men . 4: The mouth of the Amazon . 5: Into Amazonia . 6: Manaus . 7: Wallace on the Rio Negro . 8: Into the unknown . 9: Calamities . 10: Bates on the Amazon . 11: Spruce climbs to the Andes . 12: Later lives: the Amazonian legacy

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780500252109
ISBN-10:	0500252106
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Hemming, John
Hersteller:	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	241 x 174 x 45 mm
Von/Mit:	John Hemming
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.03.2015
Gewicht:	0,982 kg