Henry Walter Bates - Naturalist of the Amazons by George Woodcock

Hardback published in 1969 by Faber & Faber.

Covers the life of a Victorian naturalist adventurer who spent 11 years in the Amazon basin, and discovered over 8000 unknown species. Bates worked for a time with Alfred Russell Wallace, and was a close friend of Darwin.

269 pages with illustrations, name on the f.e.p. Unclipped jacket with tanning.