Wanderings in South America, North West of United States, Antilles, - With Original Instructions for Perfect Preservation of Birds, Etc

Klappentext The 1828 edition of an 1825 publication, describing four eventful zoological expeditions to the Americas by an English naturalist. Zusammenfassung The naturalist Charles Waterton (1782–1865), whose family owned plantations in Demerara, travelled widely in South America and the Caribbean. This 1825 account of his expeditions, reissued here in its 1828 second edition, describes research on Amazonian poison, the capture of an enormous snake, and being attacked by vampire bats. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; First journey; Second journey; Third journey; Fourth journey; On preserving birds for cabinets of natural history.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Waterton, Waterton Charles
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9781108034159
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03415-9
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Life sciences: general issues, History of the Americas, The Americas, Geographical discovery and exploration