Natural History of Hidden Animals

Dr. Heuvelmans, the founder of Cryptozoology, or the science of unknown animals, was an enormously influential explorer and an industrious writer who changed the way in which we perceive natural history, the living world and evolution.

This book, approved by Dr. Heuvelmans before his death in 2001, contains key writings, the majority of which have never been published before, drawn from his work, an overview of the development of Cryptozoology, Dr. Heuvelman’s thinking on the subject he invented, from the initial scepticism and even derision from the scientific community to an ultimate acceptance of most of his ideas.

‘Readers will learn of some of the accounts of strange and unknown fauna revealed to the world from the ocean depths, in a methodical, concise, very well-researched, and easy-to-read format…’ Quarterly Review of Biology

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About the Author

PETER GWYNVAY HOPKINS was born in Wales and is a classical sociologist by training. He travels constantly and extensively throughout the world. He is the co-founder of the very successful Rough Guide Travel Series and co-author of the The Ancient Road: From Aleppo to Baghdad in the Days of the Ottoman Empire and is currently completing A Biography of Sheikh Isa al Khalifa, the late Amir of Bahrain.

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