The Naturalist on the River Amazons

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The Naturalist on the River Amazons, subtitled 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 about his expedition to the Amazon Basin.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.)

[edit] External links

• The Naturalist on the River Amazons, available at Project Gutenberg.