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In company with Alfred Russell Wallace, the author, in 1848, began an exploration of the Amazon region for the collection of objects of natural history. This volume records the adventures of an eleven-years' sojourn, during which specimens of nearly fifteen thousand species were... Read Full Overview

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I embarked at Liverpool, with Mr. Wallace, in a small trading vessel, on the 26th of April, 1848; and, after a swift passage from the Irish Channel to the equator, arrived, on the 26th of May, off Salinas. This is the pilot-station for vessels bound to Par , the only port of... Read Full Overview

The Naturalist On The River Amazons is a book written by Henry Walter Bates, first published in 1863. It is a detailed account of Bates' eleven-year expedition to the Amazon region of South America, where he studied the flora and fauna of the area. The book is divided into two... Read Full Overview

Henry Walter Bates and his co-naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace embarked together in 1848 on an expedition to the forests of the Amazon in search of plants and animals that would help solve the problem of the origin of species. Wallace returned to England in 1852, but tragically... Read Full Overview

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally... Read Full Overview

The Silent Option Follow Commander Grant Stevens, U.S. Navy SEAL, as he takes you on an action-packed, high-tech thriller on the high seas. Grant pits himself against a Communist mole, Russian commandos, and an old KGB nemesis, whose bold plan is to steal the most devastating... Read Full Overview

The Naturalist On The River Amazons is a book written by Henry Walter Bates, a British naturalist who spent 11 years in the Amazon rainforest. The book is a detailed account of his experiences exploring the Amazon river and its surrounding forests, documenting the flora and fauna... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview