Author: Alfred Russel WallacePublisher: London : Reeve and Company
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Category : Amazon River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro
Author: Alfred Russel WallacePublisher: London : Reeve and Company
ISBN:
Category : Amazon River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes
Author: Richard SprucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amazon River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
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.
Government and the Economy on the Amazon Frontier
Author: Robert R. SchneiderPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821333532
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
World Bank Environment Paper No. 11.Addresses issues of local governance in frontier economies in relation to environmental and political sustainability. Covers problems of mining, farming, and disincentives.
Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes
Author: Richard SprucePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108069215
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
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. Featuring four maps, Volume 2 includes discussion of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes and the cinchona forests of western Chimborazo.
On the Habits of the Butterflies of the Amazon Valley
Author: Alfred Russel WallacePublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473362504
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1853 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Habits of the Butterflies of the Amazon Valley' is a short article that details some of Wallace's entomological observations he noted during his four year exploration of the Amazon. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. Wallace made a huge contribution to the natural sciences and he will continue to be remembered as one of the key figures in the development of evolutionary theory.
Influence of the Amazon River Outflow on the Ecology of the Western Tropical Atlantic
Author: John H. RytherPublisher:
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Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon Valley. [With an appendix, containing several vocabularies of Indian languages, with remarks on them by R. G. Latham.]
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Author: Alfred Russel WallacePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The River Motor Boat Boys on the Amazon, Or, The Secret of Cloud Island
Author: Harry GordonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Rebellion on the Amazon
Author: Mark HarrisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521437237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This is the first book-length study in English to examine the Cabanagem, one of Brazil's largest peasant and urban-poor insurrections.
Author: Richard Spruce