Footsteps in the Forest
Enchanting account of Alfred Russel Wallace's travels in the Amazon in 1848, illustrated with his own sketches.
ISBN: 0 565091433
Author: Sandra Knapp
Footsteps in the Forest |
£ 12.00 |
The British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace set out for the Amazon in 1848 to collect natural history specimens. This book is a fascinating account of Wallace's expedition, describing the naturalist in the making. The work is richly illustrated with the fish sketches, palm drawings and scenes from the Amazon.
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...a little book that deserves a big audience'. The Guardian
Product information
Hardback, 225 x 180 mm, 128 pp, 1999, 0 565 09143 3. Published by the Natural History Museum.
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