The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates
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"The Naturalist on the River Amazons" by Henry Walter Bates is a travel and natural history book published in 1863. It chronicles Bates's eleven-year expedition through the Amazon basin, where he and Alfred Russel Wallace sought new species and evidence for evolution. Bates collected over 14,000 species, discovering Batesian mimicry through butterfly observations. The book blends natural history with vivid descriptions of wildlife behavior, indigenous societies, and Brazilian life along the river,
offering readers both scientific discovery and adventure without dwelling heavily on evolutionary theory. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
| Series Title | Everyman's library, [no. 446] |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naturalist_on_the_River_Amazons |
| Credits | Martin Adamson |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QH: Science: Natural history |
| Subject | Natural history -- Amazon River Valley |
| Subject | Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892 -- Travel -- Amazon River Valley |
| Subject | Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Social life and customs |
| Subject | Amazon River Valley -- Description and travel |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2440 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 2000 |
| Last Update | Aug 20, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1250 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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