Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United Sta... - 9781108034159

Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824With Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, etc for Cabinets of Natural History\nAuthor(s): Charles Waterton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108034159, 978-1108034159\nSynopsis\nAlthough in the original preface to this work the British naturalist Charles Waterton [tel] modestly says his book has 'little merit', his account is a rich description of his experiences in South America and the Caribbean. Waterton managed his family's sugar plantations in Demerara from 1804 to 1812, studied natural history, and later [tel] divided his time between the Americas and Europe. This book, originally published in 1825 and reissued here in its 1828 second edition, describes his four expeditions, beginning with his search deep in the rainforest for samples of the ra.