Henry Walter Bates's Amazon expedition (1848–1859)

1. Bates and Wallace plan Amazon collecting journey

   Jan 1, 1847Labels: Henry Walter, Alfred Russel, Amazon expedition

   • River Amazons
   • Bates bio

2. Bates and Wallace sail for Pará, Brazil

   Apr 1, 1848Labels: Par Bel, Liverpool, Amazon expedition

   • Bates bio
   • Linnean bio

3. Bates and Wallace begin collecting independently

   Jan 1, 1849Labels: Henry Walter, Alfred Russel, Independent collecting

   • Bates bio
   • River Amazons

4. Bates establishes long-term base at Ega (Tefé)

   Jan 1, 1851Labels: Ega Tef, Upper Amazon, Long-term base

   • Encyclopedia com
   • Bates bio

5. Wallace’s return voyage disaster highlights expedition risks

   Aug 6, 1852Labels: Alfred Russel, Shipwreck, Specimen loss

   • Wallace Letters
   • WCP article
   • Bates bio

6. Bates deepens fieldwork in upper Amazon region

   Jan 1, 1853Labels: Henry Walter, Upper Amazon, Field observations

   • Encyclopedia com
   • Linnean bio

7. Bates leaves Ega as health deteriorates

   Feb 11, 1859Labels: Ega Tef, Health decline, Downriver journey

   • Encyclopedia com
   • Bates bio

8. Bates returns to England with major collections

   Nov 1, 1859Labels: Henry Walter, Specimen collection, Return to

   • Linnean bio
   • Bates bio

9. Bates presents mimicry ideas to Linnean Society

   Nov 21, 1861Labels: Linnean Society, Batesian mimicry, Henry Walter

   • Encyclopedia com
   • Linnean bio

10. Bates’s Heliconidae paper published in Transactions

    Jan 1, 1862Labels: Heliconiidae paper, Transactions of, Henry Walter

    • Linnean bio
    • Oxford Academic

11. Bates publishes The Naturalist on the River Amazons

    Jan 1, 1863Labels: The Naturalist, John Murray, Henry Walter

    • Library Congress
    • River Amazons

12. Darwin documents Bates’s specimen totals and novelty

    Apr 18, 1863Labels: Charles Darwin, Specimen totals, Darwin Correspondence

    • Darwin Letters
    • River Amazons

13. Bates becomes Royal Geographical Society assistant secretary

    Jan 1, 1864Labels: Royal Geographical, Assistant secretary, Henry Walter

    • DNB 1901
    • Bates bio