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100	1		_aWaterton, Charles, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 : _bWith Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, etc for Cabinets of Natural History / _cCharles Waterton.
246	3		_aWanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, & the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1828.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (354 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Zoology
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aAlthough in the original preface to this work the British naturalist Charles Waterton (1782-1865) 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 (1812-25) 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 rare poison, curare. Waterton also recounts a fierce battle with the Maroons, but his main focus is zoology, including the capture of 'an enormous Coulacara snake', encounters with sloths, monkeys and vampire bats, and close observations of a huge variety of birds. The final chapter describes Waterton's methods of 'preserving birds for cabinets of natural history'.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108034159
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pZoology.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139062145
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