The Naturalist in NicaraguaThe Minerva Group, Inc., 2002 - 344 pages 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. |
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Page xiii
... inhabitants , to possess any novelty . There is little in the book that can be called adventure , and still less of geographical discovery . And yet , the many and highly diversified phases in which life presents itself in the tropics ...
... inhabitants , to possess any novelty . There is little in the book that can be called adventure , and still less of geographical discovery . And yet , the many and highly diversified phases in which life presents itself in the tropics ...
Page xvi
... inhabitants of the arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the stripes of the tiger and the zebra , the spots of the leopard and the giraffe have all a cryptic effect which at a very short distance renders the ...
... inhabitants of the arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the stripes of the tiger and the zebra , the spots of the leopard and the giraffe have all a cryptic effect which at a very short distance renders the ...
Page xxx
... inhabitants Mixed races - Negroes and Indians com- pared - Women - Establishment of the Chontales Gold- Mining Company - My house and garden - Fruits - Plantains and bananas ; probably not indigenous to America : pro- pagated from ...
... inhabitants Mixed races - Negroes and Indians com- pared - Women - Establishment of the Chontales Gold- Mining Company - My house and garden - Fruits - Plantains and bananas ; probably not indigenous to America : pro- pagated from ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
CHAPTER II | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
CHAPTER IV | 37 |
CHAPTER V | 50 |
CHAPTER VI | 68 |
CHAPTER VII | 81 |
CHAPTER VIII | 98 |
CHAPTER XII | 165 |
CHAPTER XIII | 179 |
CHAPTER XIV | 191 |
CHAPTER XV | 211 |
CHAPTER XVI | 224 |
CHAPTER XVII | 236 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 250 |
CHAPTER XIX | 258 |
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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