The Windward Road. Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4634574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Hindle, Archie Carr |
| Year | 1957 |
| Volume | 123 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 402 |
| Publication date | 1957-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1791441 |
| OpenAlex | W2064235973 |
| Language | EN |
The Windward Road, published in 1956, made history. When Archie Carr began to rove the Caribbean to write about sea turtles, he saw that their numbers were dwindling. Out of this appeal to save them grew the first ventures in international sea turtle conservation and the establishment of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation. In addition to sea turtle biology, Carr recorded his general impressions, producing a natural history sprinkled with colorful stories
Adventure · Art history · Epistemology · Geography · Naturalism · Shore · Cuban History and Society · Geology · History · Oceanography · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |