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Tropic: The Nature of Columbia
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- 9789589393314
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Villegas Editores S.A.
ISBN-10
9589393314
ISBN-13
9789589393314
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2064491
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tropic : the Nature of Colombia
Number of Pages
236 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Central America, South America / General, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Ecosystems & Habitats / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Travel, Photography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
58.4 Oz
Item Length
12 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-200395
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
508.861/022/2
Synopsis
Everything in this book invites us to marvel at the Colombian tropics. As the point of convergence of the tectonic plates, flora and fauna of three American continents, the world's two largest oceans and its most variegated mountains, it is a territory of excess. The restless lens of Aldo Brando focuses on this natural setting, furnishing us with a panoply of images that excite both the eye and the imagination. As he eminent Colombian writer Germán Arciniegas points out, this book is "a vertical exploration of a country which is the synthesis of the Americas." Novel and unique, it is a summary of fifteen years work by a photojournalist whose documentation of wild life goes beyond capturing the physical contours of the seas, islands, jungles, savannahs, mountains and inhabitants of Colombia. "It penetrates into the beauty and soul" of natural wonders, as one of the world's leading professionals in the field-- the American wildlife photographer Art Wolfe-- recognizes in his prologue. The book's five chapters are accompanied by an essay written by the Colombian journalist, Arturo Guerrero, who invites us to share in the astonishment and poetry found in nature and science. The dazzling photographs of this book evoke the magic of the tropical ecosystems of the new world, and draw near to the intimacy of nature. It also allows us to reflect upon mankind's contradictory relationship with the natural world. Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, writes in his introduction: "It is my hope that this book helps to encourage the conservation of Colombian ecosystems, which are a valuable resource, not only for inhabitants of that nation but also for the world." The book concludes with a heartfelt message by the Colombian poet William Ospina.
Epilogue by
Ospina, William
LC Classification Number
QH121.B73 1997
Text by
Guerrero, Arturo
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