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The Naturalist on the River Amazons

The Naturalist on the River Amazons

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The Naturalist on the River Amazons, subtitle
Subtitle (titling)
In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. For example, Mary Shelley used a subtitle to give her most famous novel, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, an alternate title to give a hint of the theme. There are at least eight books in English that carry the...

d A Record of the Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during Eleven Years of Travel, is an 1863 book by the British naturalist Henry Walter Bates
Henry Walter Bates
Henry Walter Bates FRS FLS FGS was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1848. Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his collection in a shipwreck...

 about his expedition to the Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The basin is located mainly in Brazil, but also stretches into Peru and several other countries. The South American rain forest of the Amazon is the largest in the world, covering about...

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  1. Pará
  2. Pará
  3. Pará
  4. The Tocantins and Cametá
  5. Caripí and the Bay of Marajó
  6. The Lower Amazons—Pará to Obydos
  7. The Lower Amazons—Obydos to Manaos, or the Barra of the Rio Negro
  8. Santarem
  9. Voyage up the Tapajos
  10. The Upper Amazons—Voyage to Ega
  11. Excursions in the Neighbourhood of Ega
  12. Animals of the Neighbourhood of Ega
  13. Excursions beyond Ega


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The Naturalist on the River Amazons, subtitle
Subtitle (titling)
In books and other works, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. For example, Mary Shelley used a subtitle to give her most famous novel, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, an alternate title to give a hint of the theme. There are at least eight books in English that carry the...

d A Record of the Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during Eleven Years of Travel, is an 1863 book by the British naturalist Henry Walter Bates
Henry Walter Bates
Henry Walter Bates FRS FLS FGS was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace in 1848. Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his collection in a shipwreck...

 about his expedition to the Amazon Basin
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The basin is located mainly in Brazil, but also stretches into Peru and several other countries. The South American rain forest of the Amazon is the largest in the world, covering about...

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Chapters

  1. Pará
  2. Pará
  3. Pará
  4. The Tocantins and Cametá
  5. Caripí and the Bay of Marajó
  6. The Lower Amazons—Pará to Obydos
  7. The Lower Amazons—Obydos to Manaos, or the Barra of the Rio Negro
  8. Santarem
  9. Voyage up the Tapajos
  10. The Upper Amazons—Voyage to Ega
  11. Excursions in the Neighbourhood of Ega
  12. Animals of the Neighbourhood of Ega
  13. Excursions beyond Ega


Book citations

  • Bates, H. W. (1863). The naturalist on the River Amazons, a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life and aspects of nature under the Equator during eleven years of travel. London: J. Murray. (First edition.)
  • Bates, H. W. (1989). The naturalist on the River Amazons : a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator, during eleven years of travel. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0140170111 (Modern edition.)