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xix, 392 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
[Pt. I. (16th Century) Green Curtain] "Of the Supposed Continent" / Pietro Martire D'Anghiera. "This New World" / Amerigo Vespucci. Selections from the Natural History / Gonzalo Fernandes De Oviedo Y Valdes. Discovery of the Orellana River [Amazon River] / Gaspar De Carvajal. "of the Animals of the New World" / Jose De Acosta -- [Pt. II. (17th Century) Curtain Rises] Of the Trees, Fruits &c. in the Isthmus of America / Lionel Wafer. Manatees, Seals, and Sea Turtles / William Dampier -- [Pt. III. (18th Century) Glimpses Under the Curtain] Description of the Country, and the trees and vegetables in the neighbourhood of Cartagena / Antonio De Ulloa. On Rubber, Quinine and Curare / Charles-Marie De La Condamine. Wild Horses of the Pampas / Felix De Azara. Cavern of the Guacharo and the Electric Eel / Alexander Von Humboldt -- [Pt. IV. (19th Century) Curtain Parts] Tierra del Fuego / Charles Robert Darwin. Voyage from Moxos to Cochabamba / Alcide Dessalines D'Orbigny. Enchanted Isles / Herman Melville. Vegetation of the Amazon Valley / Alfred Russel Wallace. Foraging, Leaf-Carrying, and White Ants / Henry Walter Bates. Voyage to the Rio Negro / Richard Spruce. Great Andes. On Cotopaxi and Illiniza -- [Pt. V. (20th Century) Behind the Green Curtain] Plains of Patagonia / William Henry Hudson. Falling Leaves / William Beebe. Sea and the Jungle / H.M. Tomlinson. Symphony of Voices / Konrad Guenther. Making of a Cayuco the Andes: a New World / Frank Michler Chapman. Guano and the Guanay / Robert Cushman Murphy. Squirrel-monkeys, Opossums, Grison, and Jaguar / Ivan T. Sanderson. |
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Natural history -- South America.
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Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
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South America. (OCoLC)fst01244515
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