The Naturalist in Nicaragua
by Thomas Belt
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About This Book
"The best of all natural history journals which have ever been published."—Charles Darwin, 1874. Beautifully illustrated and a pleasure to read, this classic book describes the geography, geology, ecology, flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of Nicaragua in the nineteenth century. Many of Belt's detailed and accurate observations were not confirmed until decades later—for example, the fact that certain plants have "standing armies" of ants that defend them. (
Chapters (26)(click to expand)
- THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA
- TO
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA.
- CHAPTER 1.
- CHAPTER 2.
- CHAPTER 3.
- CHAPTER 4.
- CHAPTER 5.
- CHAPTER 6.
- CHAPTER 7.
- CHAPTER 8.
- CHAPTER 9.
- CHAPTER 10.
- CHAPTER 11.
- CHAPTER 12.
- CHAPTER 13.
- CHAPTER 14.
- CHAPTER 15.
- CHAPTER 16.
- CHAPTER 17.
- CHAPTER 18.
- CHAPTER 19.
- CHAPTER 20.
- CHAPTER 21.
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