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- catalog abstract "In Footsteps in the Jungle, Jonathan Maslow recounts the exploits of thirteen of these scientists whom he calls "the luckiest men and women of all time"--The explorers who first mapped the tropical regions of the Americas and discovered the biological orgy that is nature in the tropics. They were the first to color the chorus of tropical birds; the first to know the swiftness of the jaguar; the first to learn the loves of the orchid family and to collect the daunting. Variety of moths and butterflies and beetles; the first to record the haunting settings of the equatorial sun; the first to run the rivers Amazon, to climb the Andes, and to dive the coral reefs of the Caribbean. Footsteps in the Jungle not only traces geographic adventures but is also a scientific and intellectual journey, from the myths of mermaids and superstitions about cannibals to Alexander von Humboldt's insights into biodiversity, Darwin's theory of natural. Selection, and our contemporary understanding of tropical ecology. Following in the footsteps of the great tropical explorer, it introduces a body of scientific literature with extraordinary literary value, and returns the reader back home with a new appreciation of present-day struggles to preserve tropical jungles and reefs from widespread destruction.".
- catalog contributor b11123955.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Alexander von Humboldt and the biological discovery of America -- Charles Waterton's wild wanderings in South America -- Charles Darwin: a few questions in the Americas -- The collector: Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon valley -- Henry Walter Bates on the rivers Amazon -- Thomas Belt: a naturalist in Nicaragua -- Mr. Stephens and Mr. Catherwood -- W.H. Hudson and the war against nature -- Exploring a tropical reef with William Beebe -- Archie Carr: the puzzlemaster -- Margaret Mee: fifteen expeditions to Amazonia -- Alexander Skutch: a moralist in the jungle -- Daniel Janzen: how to grow a tropical forest.".
- catalog description "In Footsteps in the Jungle, Jonathan Maslow recounts the exploits of thirteen of these scientists whom he calls "the luckiest men and women of all time"--The explorers who first mapped the tropical regions of the Americas and discovered the biological orgy that is nature in the tropics. They were the first to color the chorus of tropical birds; the first to know the swiftness of the jaguar; the first to learn the loves of the orchid family and to collect the daunting.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296) and index.".
- catalog description "Selection, and our contemporary understanding of tropical ecology. Following in the footsteps of the great tropical explorer, it introduces a body of scientific literature with extraordinary literary value, and returns the reader back home with a new appreciation of present-day struggles to preserve tropical jungles and reefs from widespread destruction.".
- catalog description "Variety of moths and butterflies and beetles; the first to record the haunting settings of the equatorial sun; the first to run the rivers Amazon, to climb the Andes, and to dive the coral reefs of the Caribbean. Footsteps in the Jungle not only traces geographic adventures but is also a scientific and intellectual journey, from the myths of mermaids and superstitions about cannibals to Alexander von Humboldt's insights into biodiversity, Darwin's theory of natural.".
- catalog extent "308 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Footsteps in the jungle.".
- catalog identifier "1566631378 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Footsteps in the jungle.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : Ivan R. Dee,".
- catalog relation "Footsteps in the jungle.".
- catalog spatial "Latin America".
- catalog spatial "Latin America.".
- catalog subject "508.8/092/2 B 20".
- catalog subject "Explorers Latin America Biography.".
- catalog subject "Natural history Latin America.".
- catalog subject "Naturalists Latin America Biography.".
- catalog subject "QH26 .M27 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Alexander von Humboldt and the biological discovery of America -- Charles Waterton's wild wanderings in South America -- Charles Darwin: a few questions in the Americas -- The collector: Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon valley -- Henry Walter Bates on the rivers Amazon -- Thomas Belt: a naturalist in Nicaragua -- Mr. Stephens and Mr. Catherwood -- W.H. Hudson and the war against nature -- Exploring a tropical reef with William Beebe -- Archie Carr: the puzzlemaster -- Margaret Mee: fifteen expeditions to Amazonia -- Alexander Skutch: a moralist in the jungle -- Daniel Janzen: how to grow a tropical forest.".
- catalog title "Footsteps in the jungle : adventures in the scientific exploration of the American tropics / Jonathan Maslow ; [maps by Victor Thompson].".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".