Footsteps in the Forest: Alfred Wallace in the Amazon - Couverture rigide

Knapp, Sandra

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0565091433 ISBN 13 : 9780565091439

Editeur : The Natural History Museum, 1999

Synopsis

The British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace set out for the Amazon in 1848 to collect natural history specimens. During his time there, he spent almost two years travelling up the Rio Negro, a region few Europeans had explored. A fire on the return journey to England destroyed all of his collections but among the possessions rescued was a collection of sketches of fish, later presented to The Natural History Museum. This book is an account of Wallace's expedition describing the naturalist in the making, the tragic loss of his collections and how this affected his future. Throughout the book the role of chance in the making of naturalists and the course of science in general is explored. The work is illustrated with the fish sketches, palm drawings and scenes of life in the Amazon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Natural History Museum
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0565091433
• ISBN 13: 9780565091439
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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