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Chapter 1: A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVE TRIBES, AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE AMAZON VALLEY.
By Alfred Russel Wallace
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The narrator recounts extended journeys through the Amazon basin and the Rio Negro, describing towns, riverine life, island and forest landscapes, and the practicalities of travel by canoe. Observations on plants, animals, insects, and geological features interweave with descriptions of indigenous tribes, enslaved and urban populations, and notes on language and customs. Chapters alternate between episodic travel scenes and thematic discussions of climate, natural history, and local economies, with appended vocabularies of native languages. The account combines firsthand field observation, specimen collecting, and reflective commentary on the region's ecology and human societies.

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Title: A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro,

with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon valley

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Release date: August 18, 2023 [eBook #71436]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Reeve and co, 1853

Credits: Richard Tonsing, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO, ***
Hullmandel & Walton, Lithog.
CHAPEL AT NAZARÉ NEAR PARÁ.

A
NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS
ON THE
AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO,
WITH AN ACCOUNT
OF THE
NATIVE TRIBES,
AND
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, AND NATURAL
HISTORY OF THE AMAZON VALLEY.

BY
ALFRED R. WALLACE.
With a Map and Illustrations.
LONDON:
REEVE AND CO., HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1853.
PRINTED BY
JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET,
LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.