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Wallace's The Malay Archipelago is recognized as the classic work on the flora, fauna, and peoples of the area which is now called Indonesia. Based largely on field journals Wallace kept during the eight years he spent in Malaysia and Indonesia between 1854 and 1862, this work ranks as one of the greatest travel books on the region and, in its analysis of the geographical distribution of animals, as one of the most important natural history books of the 19th century.
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Much as Charles Darwin's name is inextricably associated with the Galapagos, Alfred Russel Wallace's is deeply associated with Indonesia. A British biologist and explorer--and a contemporary of Darwin who developed his own theory of evolution in parallel--Wallace spent eight years in the region, covering 14,000 square miles in his expeditions, amassing an unparalleled collection of 125,000 specimens of local insects and animals, and becoming the first European to set foot in many of the exotic places in which he tarried to study.
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Considered one of the 19th century's greatest scientific and travel books, this classic volume details his journeys and intellectual endeavors, from his friendships with the natives to his startlement at the strange creatures who lived there.
This replica of the 1890 tenth edition, complete with all the beautiful original line drawings and maps, will thrill students of natural history, armchair travelers, and anyone fascinated by the human urge to explore.
Jane R. Camerini is a faculty associate in the department of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 019588955X
- ISBN 13 9780195889550
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Book Description softback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st thus. A softback copy in excellent condition. Very lightly used. Of all the extraordinary Victorian travelogues, The Malay Archipelago has a fair claim to be the greatest, both as a beautiful, alarming, vivid and gripping account of some eight years' travel across the entire Malay world, from Singapore to the western edges of New Guinea, and as the record of a great mind. As Wallace, often under conditions of terrible hardship and sickness, battles through jungles, lives with headhunters, and collects beetles, butterflies and birds of paradise, he makes discoveries about the workings of biology that have shaped our view of the world ever since. Seller Inventory # 1021079014919
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