Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Bhuku revhiki. VANHU VANODA Zvinhu zvakasikwa muparadhiso: WALLACE, BATES uye SPRUCE muAmazon. NaJohn Hemming. (Thames & Hudson £19.95) Shure muna 1961 vaduku vatatu vakapedza kufunda paOxford vakaenda kunzverwa rwizi Iriri murutivi ruri kure rweAmazon. Mumwe wavo, Richard Mason, akava muEngland wokupedzisira kuurawa norudzi rusina kuonana narwo, paakaurawa nouta nemiseve. Wechipiri, Kit Lambert, akapfuurira kutarisira The Who. Asi kune wechitatu, John Hemming, rwendo irworwo rwakava kutanga kwokufadzwa kwoupenyu hwose nenharaunda yacho, uye basa rakatanhamara rokunyora nezvayo. Shiri yeparadhiso: muimbi wren. Makore anopfuura 50 gare gare, kuorora kumwe chete ikoko kuchiri kupenya papeji imwe neimwe yeNaturalists In Paradise, nhau inonyandura yavatatu vapakuvamba vevatsvakurudzi vaduku veBritain. Pakutanga - uye dzimwe dzakatevera - 'paradhiso' ingaratidzika kuva isiri shoko rakajeka kurondedzera mupata weAmazon pakati pezana ramakore rechi 19. Kumukira kukuru kwairwisana nehurumende kwakanga kwaparadza zvizhinji zvezvose zvakanga zviri zvivako zvaivako. Kufambisa nomumvura, rudzi bedzi rwaivapo, kwakanga kuchiri kutsamira pakuita kuti vaIndia vomunzvimbomo vaite basa rokukwasva - kana kuti, pakutarisana nemapopoma nemipata, basa rinorema rokusimudza. Mafashamo aigona kukonzera kuti zvikamu zvenyika, zvimwe zvemaeka anoverengeka, zviwire murwizi, zvichiparadza chinhu chiri chose chiri munzira yazvo. Uye chokwadika, kwakanga kune boka rinoshamisa rezvipembenene zvinoruma nokuruma - kubatanidza umhutu, uhwo pasina munhu akanga ambobatanidza nemarariya. Kunyanguvezvo, nokuda kwavanamazvikokota vezvisikwa vakadai saAlfred Russel Wallace, Henry Bates naRichard Spruce, paradhiso ndizvo chaizvo zvakanga zvakaita Amazon. Kunyange pashure pokunge arwiswa nemhando yetsuro inonyangadza zvikuru, Spruce akanyora nezvokuyemura kwake 'runako rwavo, unyanzvi uye utsinye hwoushingi.' Mazuva ano, mufananidzo wevafambi vokuBritain vomuzana remakore rechi19 zvichida ndewevanhu vomuzvikoro zvehurumende vachitonga vagari vemo, zvichida vari pachituru. Eya, kwete muchiitiko chino - nemhaka yokuti Wallace, Bates naSpruce vose vakanga vari mienzaniso yakatanhamara yokuzvivandudza kwomunguva yaVictoria. Hapana akanga achibva kumhuri yakapfuma uye...
Vaongorori Vezvinhu Zvakasikwa muParadhiso inotaura nezvenhoroondo yevatatu vokutanga vevanzveri veBritain. Muna 1961 vadzidzi vechiduku veOxford vakatanga kuongorora rwizi rweIriri. Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Bates naRichard Spruce vakawana paradhiso.