Wanderings in South America: The North-West of the United States and the Antilles in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824; With Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, Etc. For Cabinets of Natural History (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Wanderings in South America: The North-West of the United States and the Antilles in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824; With Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, Etc. For Cabinets of Natural History The Wanderings I have left untouched as Waterton wrote them, not adding or altering or cancelling a syllable. They constitute, so to speak, the central brilliant of a ring, round which are arranged jewels of inferior value, so as to set off the beauty of the principal gem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Wanderings in South America: The North-West of the United States and the Antilles in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824; With Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, Etc. For Ca

Charles Waterton

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Charles Waterton was born in 1782 - the eldest son of Thomas Waterton and his wife Anne - at Walton Hall in Yorkshire. His family were one of the oldest in the North of England and well respected. He succeeded to the estate in 1806 and made his home there. His brief marriage in 1820 ended little more than a year later in the death of his wife, leaving him with an infant son. His overriding interest was natural history and it is obvious from Wanderings in South America that he was happier living with Indians and monkeys in the forest of Guiana than living the life of a gentleman in Yorkshire. The story of his wanderings starts with his first wandering in April 1812 and covers four journeys. However, it is the genuine zeal and inexhaustible delight with which he describes all the barbarous countries he visited that makes this remarkable book such a joyous record. He seemed to love the forests, the tigers and the apes and to rejoice in being the only Englishman there. His interest extends to the Indians and his strange fascination with the wourali poison the Indians use on their arrows gives another dimension to this marvellous chronicle of adventure and natural history.

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Excerpt from Wanderings in South America: The North-West of the United States and the Antilles in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820,& 1824; With Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, Etc; For Cabinets of Natural HistoryThe Wanderings I have left untouched as Waterton wrote them, not adding or altering or cancelling a syllable. They constitute, so to speak, the central brilliant of a ring, round which are arranged jewels of inferior value, so as to set off the beauty of the principal gem.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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