Bøker av Henry Walter Bates

"The Naturalist on the River Amazons" is a classic work written by British naturalist and explorer Henry Walter Bates. The book was first published in 1863 and is an account of Bates's eleven years of exploration in the Amazon rainforest, from 1848 to 1859. Bates traveled extensively with fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, and their findings greatly contributed to the understanding of the biodiversity and evolution of species.In the book, Bates provides detailed observations on the flora and fauna of the Amazon basin. He discusses the fascinating adaptations of various species, including butterflies and other insects, as well as the complexity and interconnectedness of the rainforest ecosystem. Bates's work was influential in the field of natural history and played a role in the development of the theory of natural selection.

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The Naturalist on the River Amazons, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. The whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. This book is not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

This book documents Bates' ground-breaking Amazon exploration, with pages from his illustrated notebooks and excerpts from what Charles Darwin called 'the best book of natural history travels ever published'.