Shop Our Categories Missouri Botanical Garden Press Search site About the Press Our Mission Contact Us Publication Submission Instructions New Titles Books Monographs in Systematic Botany Flora Series Flora of Missouri Flora Mesoamericana A Flora of the Liverworts and Hornworts of New Zealand Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of Central America Flora of China Moss Flora of China Flora of the Venezuelan Guyana Flora of North America Flora of Pakistan Botany by Region Africa Eurasia North America Central America South America About the Missouri Botanical Garden Field Guides Botanical History and Biographies Educational Titles Ethnobotany Ecology and Environmental Science Bryophytes Icones Orchid Taxonomy Icones Pleurothallidinarum Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Series II Journals About Our Journals Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden NOVON, A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature Botanical Prints & Notecards Rare Book Reproduction Prints Notecards Orchid Prints Bateman's Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala Orchid Folios News from the Press Submit Search Nav Menu 2 Nav Menu 3 Nav Menu 4 Nav Menu 5 Nav Menu 6 Nav Menu 7 Nav Menu 8 Home > Books > Footsteps in the Forest: Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon Our Price: $10.00 ISBN: 9780565091439 Qty: Description Author(s)/Illustrator(s) The British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace set out for the Amazon in 1848 to collect natural history specimens. During his time there, he spent almost two years travelling up the Rio Negro, a region few Europeans had explored. A fire on the return journey to England destroyed all of his collections but among the possessions rescued was a collection of sketches of fish, later presented to The Natural History Museum of London. This book is an account of Wallaces expedition describing the naturalist in the making, the tragic loss of his collections and how this affected his future. Throughout the book the role of chance in the making of naturalists and the course of science in general is explored. The work is illustrated with the fish sketches, palm drawings and scenes of life in the Amazon. Authors: Sandra Knapp Publication Information Publisher: Natural History Museum, LondonPublication Date: 1999ISBN: 9780565091439Format: HardcoverPages: 90Illustrated: Yes Related Items Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, Volumen IV, Parte 1: Dicotiledóneas (Acanthaceae—Asteraceae) Flora of China, Volume 9: Pittosporaceae through Connaraceae Index of Mosses, 1993-1995 Paleobotany and Biogeography: A Festschrift for Alan Graham in His 80th Year Our Price: $140.00 Our Price: $80.00 Our Price: $10.00 Our Price: $100.00 Flora of China, Volume 8: Brassicaceae through Saxifragaceae Cassini on Compositae III Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, Volumen IV, Parte 2: Dicotiledóneas (Balanophoraceae—Clethraceae) Realizing Nature's Potential: Proceedings of the William L. Brown Symposium Honoring Dr. Gordon Cragg Our Price: $68.00 Our Price: $5.00 Our Price: $120.00 Our Price: $21.00
