Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes

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Having previously embarked on a collecting expedition to the Pyrenees, backed by Sir William Hooker and George Bentham, the botanist Richard Spruce (1817-93) travelled in 1849 to South America, where he carried out unprecedented exploration among the diverse flora across the northern part of the continent. After his death, Spruce's writings on fifteen fruitful years of discovery were edited as a labour of love by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), whom Spruce had met in Santarém. This two-volume work, first published in 1908, includes many of the author's exquisite illustrations. Showing the determination to reach plants in almost inaccessible areas, Spruce collected hundreds of species, many with medicinal properties, notably the quinine-yielding cinchona tree, as well as the datura and coca plants. Volume 1 contains Wallace's biographical introduction and a list of Spruce's published works. The narrative includes discussion of Pará, Santarém, and the Negro and Orinoco rivers.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Biographical introduction; List of books and papers; 1. Pará and the equatorial forests; 2. Voyage to Santarem and first residence there; 3. To Obydos and the River Trombetas; 4. Residence at Santarem; 5. Geology and botany of Santarem; 6. From Santarem to the Rio Negro; 7. Residence at Manáos; 8. Voyage up the Rio Negro at Sao Gabriel; 9. Cataracts and mountain-forests of Sao Gabriel; 10. Cataracts and unexplored forests of the Uaupés river; 11. At San Carlos do Rio Negro; 12. In Humboldt's country; 13. To the cataracts of the Orinoco and return to San Carlos; 14. San Carlos to Manáos (Barra).

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108069205
ISBN-10:	1108069207
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Spruce, Richard
Redaktion:	Wallace, Alfred Russel
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 34 mm
Von/Mit:	Richard Spruce
Erscheinungsdatum:	16.01.2014
Gewicht:	0,813 kg