SPRUCE, Richard & WALLACE, Alfred Russel (editor)
NOTES OF A BOTANIST ON THE AMAZON & ANDES Being Records of Travel on the Amazon and its Tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uaupes, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huallaga, and Pastasa; as also to the Cataracts of the Orinoco, along the Eastern Side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, and the Shores of the Pacific, During the Years 1849-1864
Macmillan and Co., Limited, London: 1908
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Two volumes (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") bound by Bayntun [Riviere] in 3/4 navy blue morocco leather with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration on the spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With a frontispiece portrait of Hudson, 7 maps, of which 4 are folding, and 71 illustrations. Spruce, one of the great Victorian English explorers and the first professional botanist to explore South America, spent over 15 years in the Amazon basin resulting in this title, one of the most important books on Amazon natural history. Includes a chapter on indigenous narcotics and stimulants.
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NOTES OF A BOTANIST ON THE AMAZON & ANDES Being Records of Travel on the Amazon and its Tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uaupes, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huallaga, and Pastasa; as also to the Cataracts of the Orinoco, along the Eastern Side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, and the Shores of the Pacific, During the Years 1849-1864
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