One river : explorations and discoveries in the Amazon rainforest
Davis, Wade2014
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This is the story of three scientists who, over the course of several decades, explored the Amazon river basin, studying what the Indians knew and trying to learn some of the secrets of the rainforests before they disappeared.
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London : Vintage Books, 2014.
Collation:
537 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099592969 (pbk)
Dewey class:
581.609811581.609811581.6098
Local class:
T/DAVI
Language:
English
Subject:
Schultes, Richard Evans -- Travel -- Amazon River RegionPlowman, Timothy -- Travel -- Amazon River RegionDavis, Wade -- Journeys -- Amazon River RegionEthnobotany -- Amazon River RegionIndians of South America -- Social life and customsIndians of South America -- EthnobotanyPopular Science and Mathematics
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1055367
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