The Naturalist on the River Amazons
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About This Book
Charles Darwin encouraged Bates to write this book about his 11-year experience exploring and collecting insects in the Amazon basin.
Chapters (17)
- THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- AN APPRECIATION
- AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1864
- Chapter I. PARÁ
- Chapter II. PARÁ
- Chapter III. PARÁ
- Chapter IV. THE TOCANTINS AND CAMETÁ
- Chapter V. CARAPÍ AND THE BAY OF MARAJÓ
- Chapter VI. THE LOWER AMAZONS—PARÁ TO OBYDOS
- Chapter VII. THE LOWER AMAZONS—OBYDOS TO MANAOS, OR THE BARRA OF THE RIO NEGRO
- Chapter VIII. SANTAREM
- Chapter IX. VOYAGE UP THE TAPAJOS
- Chapter X. THE UPPER AMAZONS—VOYAGE TO EGA
- Chapter XI. EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- Chapter XII. ANIMALS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- Chapter XIII. EXCURSIONS BEYOND EGA
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