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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: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 19 origin
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, credited to Alfred Russel Wallace, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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LibriVox recording of 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. Read in English by Gail Timmerman Vaughan. From 1848 - 1852, Alfred Russell Wallace travelled in Brazil, exploring the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers and tributaries. During these travels, he collected specimens, especially of insects, birds and other animals, and observed the people and their cultures, as well as the flora, fauna and geography of the region. Having worked as a surveyor, he charted the Rio Negro and Uaupes rivers. Wallace returned to Britain in 1852, but lost most of his notes and collection to a shipboard fire. The final section of "A narrative of...." contains "Remarks on the Vocabularies" written by R.G. Latham, M.D. There is also a long table of vocabularies of various Amazonian languages but this is not included in this recording. Those interested can find this table in the source text (https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/71436). (Summary by Gail Timmerman-Vaughan)
Recording facts
- Recording 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 credits: Alfred Russel Wallace
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 19
- Listed recording duration: 14:50:39
Catalogue topics
- Brazil
- Amazon
- Rio Negro
- botany
- zoology
- geography
- anthropology
Track guide
- 01 - Preface and Chapter I — 31:27
- 02 - Chapter II — 52:50
- 03 - Chapter III — 51:53
- 04 - Chapter IV — 48:53
- 05 - Chapter V — 35:32
- 06 - Chapter VI — 47:49
- 07 - Chapter VII — 49:53
- 08 - Chapter VIII — 1:00:34
- 09 - Chapter IX — 1:08:12
- 10 - Chapter X — 1:11:14
- 11 - Chapter XI — 40:48
- 12 - Chapter XII — 46:53
- 13 - Chapter XIII — 54:38
- 14 - Chapter XIV — 46:14
- 15 - Chapter XV — 22:25
- 16 - Chapter XVI — 49:00
- 17 - Chapter XVII — 1:10:36
- 18 - Appendix — 7:23
- 19 - Remarks on the Vocabularies, by RG Latham MD — 34:25
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