Henry Walter Bates, Naturalist on the Amazons

1969

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Year of publication

1969

Place of printing

New York. Barnes & Noble

Author

Woodcock, George

Edition

First American edition.

Keyword

Travel - South America Naturalists Travels

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 269 pp, frontis (portrait), illustrations, plates, map, bibliog, index. original green cloth with original black and gilt label, dj (price clipped), neat signature of John Thompson else a fine clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Bates was one of the great naturalists of the period and together with Wallace and Spruce travelled in the Amazon area. Bates spent 11 years there collecting thousands of species of insects, which later became part of museum collections. His book, The Naturalist on the River Amazons, is a classic and together with his technical papers were a great influence on Darwin as he developed the theory of evolution. His work on mimicry among insects is still important. The author used letters, journals and other contemporary material as the basis of this interesting account. Goodman 706: "Covers Bates' work in the Amazon area from 1848 to 1859. There are numerous quotations from his papers, journals and letters."