Maya Nature : An Introduction to the Ecosystems, Plants and Animals of the Mayan World

By Lee Gunderson

Book Overview

Thor Janson has spent over twenty years crisscrossing Central America photographing its animals and plants. He has written several books about the region, known today as the Mayan World, which includes southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. His pictures of animals are impressive. He has been known to sit for days in one spot in the jungle waiting for the chance to photograph a rare bird or animals. His travels also include extended stays in all of the area's national parks where he and his white camper are well known. Take a photographic safari through the Mayan World where you will learn about some of the Earth's mos beautiful and exotic plants and animals. Here are photographs with descriptions of wildflowers, invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians, birds and mammals. Also included is detailed information of the region's national parks, how to get there, where to stay, and the most interesting sites to visit in each. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962622184
• ISBN13: 9780962622182
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Vista Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very Pleased

I am very pleased with the book and the photographs of the hundred or more critters are quite nice. Only drawback is that the book needs a lightweight tear out that summarizes the animals with small photos included so that you can take it with you. The book itself is too heavy (printed on nice photo paper) to carry in my backpack and won't make the journey to Belize. It is a simplified book, not technical, and gives a general...