Zoo Quest to Guyana
By (author) David Attenborough
Hardback (Published)
(May 2026)
ISBN: 9780906554203
Price: $37.50
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Zoo Quest to Guyana tells the story of a young David Attenborough’s expedition to then-British Guiana.
Zoo Quest to Guyana tells the story of the ground-breaking BBC-London Zoo expedition to then-British Guiana. David Attenborough describes a country of broad, flat savannahs, swift creeks, and marshy coastal districts as well as the swampy remote indigenous forest reserve of the Rupununi. During his visit, Attenborough encounters sloths, manatees, macaws, hummingbirds, reptiles such as snakes and spiders, as well as capybara and caiman.
The Zoo Quest series details David Attenborough’s early expeditions that set him on his path as the world’s most widely viewed documentarian of natural history and a much-loved British national treasure. As part of the ground-breaking 1954 BBC television series developed in association with London Zoo, which would form the basis for the documentary work that would later propel him to global acclaim, the Zoo Quest books presents Attenborough’s earliest accounts of expeditions to far-flung regions in Latin America, Asia, and Oceania.
In this collection, you will read a young Attenborough as he traverses distant lands, meets local peoples, and of course as he comes into contact with all manner of wildlife. To read Zoo Quest is to catch a glimpse of how the world’s foremost conservationist began his career. The books display his characteristic charm and concern for all things natural, offering the reader not only a greater appreciation for and understanding of Attenborough, but also of nature and the world.
Introduction
1. To Guyana
2. Tiny McTurk and Cannibal Fish
3. The Painted Cave
4. Sloths and Snakes
5. Spirits in the Night
6. Shanties on the Mazaruni
7. Vampires and Gertie
8. Mr King and the Mermaid
9. Return
- By (author) David Attenborough
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