[books 2011] Travel classic
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inulro59. I the Heart of the Amazon Forest by Walter Henry Bates
This is part of the "Penguin Great Journeys" series - short out-takes from the important travel literature of history.
Walter Henry Bates was a 19th-century naturalist who spent 11 years in the Amazon in Brazil.
It's very Victorian, ie. full of racist observations about the Amazon natives, but is also interesting on the subject of travelling in the rain forest, and seeing how the natives make a living at it.
The over-riding impression is So. Much. Water. Made me feel very grateful for dry land.
This is part of the "Penguin Great Journeys" series - short out-takes from the important travel literature of history.
Walter Henry Bates was a 19th-century naturalist who spent 11 years in the Amazon in Brazil.
It's very Victorian, ie. full of racist observations about the Amazon natives, but is also interesting on the subject of travelling in the rain forest, and seeing how the natives make a living at it.
The over-riding impression is So. Much. Water. Made me feel very grateful for dry land.
