Alfred Russel Wallace, who reached the same conclusion about natural
selection as Darwin did and collaborated with him, spent four years in the
Amazon making drawings of the flora and fauna there. Disaster hit on his way
home in 1852. His ship caught fire, leaving him time only to snatch one box of
sketches while escaping. Footsteps in the Forest by Sandra Knapp tells the story
of Wallace’s adventures, illustrated by the exquisite, painstaking drawings
saved from the flames. Published by The Natural History Museum, £16.95
ISBN 0565091433.
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