Martin Rattler, an orphan raised by his gentle aunt in an English village, ends up at sea against his will. After a pirate chase and a wreck, he and the Irish sailor Barney O’Flannagan are lost in the Brazilian forest, where they meet anacondas, alligators, turtles’ eggs and plantation life on the way to further adventures.
Classic Victorian boys’ adventure with the imperial outlook of its day, packed with natural history. Download the free EPUB.