Throwim Way Leg

Adventures in the Jungles of New Guinea

Timothy Flannery (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

1999 | New edition
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (Verlag)
978-0-7538-0741-5 (ISBN)

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First published in 1998 this is the hilarious, riveting and sometimes terrifying adventures of an Australian field biologist in the jungles and mountains of New Guinea. It is wildlife research at the sharp end - colourful, fascinating and dangerous.

New Guinea - after Greenland, the world's largest island - is one of the last remaining frontiers. The topography is so rugged that until the arrival of aircraft tribes in adjacent valleys were often completely isolated. The wildlife is rich and often unique: giant rats, tree-kangaroos, singing dogs, echidnas, sweat bees and birds of paradise. Conditions for research are often appalling and Flannery's health and life are threatened. The mountain peoples of New Guinea, whom Flannery gets to know well, are no longer cannibals, but until a generation ago they would mount raids on other villages, kidnapping the children and eating the adults. Magic and sorcery still play a role in their lives and Flannery observes as Catholic missionaries seek to reform traditional beliefs, and mining companies exploit the huge gold and copper resources of the island.

Tim Flannery was born in Melbourne in 1956. He lives in Sydney, where he is Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum. In 1998 he was appointed Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.8.1999
Zusatzinfo	16pp colour photographs
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	294 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Reisen ► Bildbände
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien
ISBN-10	0-7538-0741-6 / 0753807416
ISBN-13	978-0-7538-0741-5 / 9780753807415
Zustand	Neuware