num_pages: 427
description: Charles Darwin encouraged Bates to write this book about his 11-year experience exploring and collecting insects in the Amazon basin.
language: English
title: The naturalist on the River Amazons;
titlecomplete: The naturalist on the River Amazons; (Everyman's library, 446)
genres: 19th Century, Biography, Nature, Biology, History, Science, The Americas, Natural History, Nonfiction, Travel
ratings_count: 87
places: Amazon River
publisher: Dutton