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Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana

by William Beebe

Join William Beebe and his wife, Mary Blair Beebe, on an unforgettable journey to the heart of the Venezuelan and British Guiana wildernesses in search of rare and exotic birds. In Our Search for a Wilderness, Beebe and his wife share their experiences of two ornithological expeditions to South America in 1908 and 1909. They traveled to remote and uncharted regions, encountering a wide variety of birds, including macaws, toucans, and hummingbirds.

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William Beebe

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William Beebe was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1877 and died in Simla, Trinidad in 1962.Beebe was a...

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