THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS, Bates, 1863. 11 Years in Brazil. Evolution

Description: 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. Volume II. HENRY WALTER BATES LONDON: JOHN MURRAY 1863 First edition. British naturalist Henry Walter Bates account of his expedition to the Amazon basin. Bates and his friend Alfred Russel Wallace set out to obtain new species and new evidence for evolution by natural selection, as well as exotic specimens to sell. He explored thousands of miles of the Amazon and its tributaries, and collected over 14,000 species, of which 8,000 were new to science. His observations of the coloration of butterflies led him to discover Batesian mimicry. The book contains a mixture of natural history, travel, and observation of human societies. On Bates's return to England, he was encouraged by Charles Darwin to write up his eleven-year stay in the Amazon as a book. The result was widely admired, not least by Darwin:The best book of Natural History Travels ever published in England.— Charles Darwin, Letter to Bates (1863). 20 x 13 cm. vi + 423 pp + frontispiece & 3 plates. Very good condition. Boards worn on the edges. Leather faded on the spine. Title page foxed, with a previous owner's name and an old repair to a tear. Some occasional light foxing (heavier facing the plates). Binding firm, all plates present. Volume 2 of 2 only. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.

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