An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on
Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by
award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman In this
beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New
Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim
Laman take the reader on an unforgettable journey through the
natural and cultural wonders of the world's grandest island.
Skillfully combining a wealth of information, a descriptive and
story-filled narrative, and more than 200 stunning color
photographs, the book unlocks New Guinea's remarkable secrets like
never before. Lying between the Equator and Australia's north
coast, and surrounded by the richest coral reefs on Earth, New
Guinea is the world's largest, highest, and most environmentally
complex tropical island-home to rainforests with showy
rhododendrons, strange and colorful orchids, tree-kangaroos, spiny
anteaters, ingenious bowerbirds, and spectacular birds of paradise.
New Guinea is also home to more than a thousand traditional human
societies, each with its own language and lifestyle, and many of
these tribes still live in isolated villages and serve as stewards
of the rainforests they inhabit. Accessible and authoritative, New
Guinea provides a comprehensive introduction to the island's
environment, animals, plants, and traditional rainforest cultures.
Individual chapters cover the island's history of exploration;
geology; climate and weather; biogeography; plantlife; insects,
spiders, and other invertebrates; freshwater fishes; snakes,
lizards, and frogs; birdlife; mammals; paleontology;
paleoanthropology; cultural and linguistic diversity; surrounding
islands and reefs; the pristine forest of the Foja Mountains;
village life; and future sustainability. Complete with informative
illustrations and a large, detailed map, New Guinea offers an
enchanting account of the island's unequalled natural and cultural
treasures.
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