| The Naturalist in Nicaragua Revised Edition Contributor(s): Belt, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226042200 ISBN-13: 9780226042206 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $45.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1985 Annotation: "The best of all natural history journals which have ever been published."--Charles Darwin, 1874. Beautifully illustrated and a pleasure to read, this classic book describes the geography, geology, ecology, flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of Nicaragua in the nineteenth century. Many of Belt's detailed and accurate observations were not confirmed until decades later--for example, the fact that certain plants have "standing armies" of ants that defend them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature |
| Dewey: 508.728 |
| LCCN: 85008502 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.3" W x 8.18" (1.04 lbs) 440 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The best of all natural history journals which have ever been published.--Charles Darwin, 1874. Beautifully illustrated and a pleasure to read, this classic book describes the geography, geology, ecology, flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of Nicaragua in the nineteenth century. Many of Belt's detailed and accurate observations were not confirmed until decades later--for example, the fact that certain plants have standing armies of ants that defend them. |