Jaroslav Mareš

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Jaroslav Mareš (born December 28, 1937 in Brno ) is a Czech writer and traveler.

He studied foreign trade at the business school in Prague and after his doctorate he joined the state-owned Czechoslovak airline. For many years he worked as director of the branch in Iran and later in Canada .

Mareš visited a total of 92 countries. His love for nature led him to distant regions. In northern Botswana he discovered the world's largest predatory beetle , the Manticora imperator , which he described in 1976. He specialized in researching this beetle species and later described three other subspecies.

He visited famous dinosaur sites including Nemegt in Mongolia , Tendaguru in Tanzania , Red Deer in Alberta , localities in Utah , Colorado , Montana, and Patagonia, and has continued contacts with paleontologists around the world. In 1978 he organized a trip to the border area between Brazil and Venezuela in the region of the Curupira tribes.

Works

He wrote a total of fifteen books about his experiences.

Travel reports

  • V tropech tří světadílů (In the tropics of three continents)
  • Nejkrásnější brouci tropů (The most beautiful beetles in the tropics)
  • Yetti (The Yeti )
  • Hledání Ztraceného světa (The Search for the Forgotten World)
  • Legendární příšery a skutečná zvířata (Legendary Monsters and Real Animals)
  • Záhada dinosaurů (The Secret of the Dinosaurs)
  • Po záhadných stopách (Following the mysterious traces)
  • Detektivem v říši zvířat (A detective in the animal kingdom)
  • Tyrkysová karavana (A turquoise caravan)
  • Svět tajemných zvířat (The World of Mysterious Animals)
  • Hrůza zvaná Kurupira (The Terror Called Kurupira)
  • Gladiátoři druhohor (The Gladiators of the Mesozoic Era )
  • Dračí chrám (A Dragon Dome)
  • Jezero krokodýlích čarodějů (The Lake of the Crocodile Wizards )
  • Manticora (English).
  • Kurupira - zlověstné tajemství (Kurupira - the ominous secret)
  • Démonická stolová hora v srdci amazonských pralesů (The demonic table mountain in the heart of the jungle of the Amazon)
  • Tajemství stolové hory v srdci brazilského pralesa (The secret of Table Mountain in the heart of the Brazilian jungle)

Other publications

  • Novinka! (Novelty!)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Mareš, Jaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech writer and traveler
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno