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Alfred Russel Wallace 18231913 was a British naturalist who is best remembered as the codiscoverer with Darwin of natural selection His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being considered one of the nineteenth centurys foremost biologists These volumes first published in 1869 contain Wallaces acclaimed and highly influential account of extensive fieldwork he undertook in modern Indonesia Malaysia and New Guinea between 1854 and 1862 Wallace describes his travels around the island groups depicting the unusual animals and insects he encountered and providing ethnographic descriptions of the indigenous peoples Wallaces analysis of biogeographic patterns in Indonesia later termed the Wallace Line profoundly influenced contemporary and later evolutionary and geological thought concerning both Indonesia and other areas of the world where similar patterns were found Volume 2 covers the Molucca Islands and New Guinea
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Alfred Russel Wallaces The Malay Archipelago is a work of astounding breadth and originality that chronicles the British naturalists scientific exploration of Malaysia Singapore Indonesia and New Guinea between 1854 and 1862 An intrepid explorer who earned his living by collecting bird skins Wallace also cataloged the vast number of plant and animal species that inhabited this unique geographical area In addition he includes numerous observations on the people their languages and ways of living and social organization as well as geological insights into the nature and activity of volcanoes and the destructive force of nature Colorful personal anecdotes based on experiences during his travels also pepper the text First published in 1869 iThe Malay Archipelagoi provided some of the initial evidence of the modern theory of evolution Discursive captivating occasionally offensive but always wonderfully descriptive The Malay Archipelago remains one of the most extensive works of natural history ever compiled
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I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smokedried human skulls suspended over my head The great Victorian scientists heroic adventures across SouthEast Asia from Singapore to the wilds of New Guinea encountering headhunters jungles birds of paradise and new discoveries that would change the world A new series of twenty distinctive unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocketsized format with coloured jackets echoing Penguins original covers
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The Malay Archipelago is a book by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace which chronicles his scientific exploration during the eightyear period 1854 to 1862 of the southern portion of the Malay Archipelago including Malaysia Singapore the islands of Indonesia then known as the Dutch East Indies and the island of New Guinea The book describes each island that he visited in turn giving a detailed account of its physical and human geography its volcanoes and the variety of animals and plants that he found and collected At the same time he describes his experiences the difficulties of travel and the help he received from the different peoples that he met
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This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace 18231913 during his famous travels of 185462 in the Malay Archipelago now Singapore Malaysia and Indonesia which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as Charles Darwin that evolution occurs through natural selection Beautifully written they are filled with lavish descriptions of the remote regions he explored the peoples and fascinating details of the many new species of mammals birds and insects he discovered during his time there John van Wyhe and Kees Rookmaaker present new transcriptions of each of the letters including recently discovered letters that shed light on the voyage and on questions such as Wallaces reluctance to publish on evolution and why he famously chose to write to Darwin rather than to send his work to a journal directly A revised account of Wallaces itinerary based on new research by the editors forms part of an introduction that sets the context of the voyage and the volume includes full notes to all lettersTogether the letters form a remarkable and vivid document of one of the most important journeys of the 19th century by a great Victorian naturalist
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A work of astounding scope and originality that provides some of the first evidence of the modern theory of evolution Wallace a contemporary of Charles Darwin spent nearly a decade cataloging the plant and animal species which inhabited the unique geographical area of the Malay Archipelago and remains to this day one of the most extensive works of natural history ever written
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The Malay Archipelago the classic account of Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallaces travels through Southeast Asia first appeared in 1869 and has been much loved by generations of readers ever since Despite numerous modern reprints with appreciative introductions this edition is the first long overdue fully annotated version to appear in English The treasure trove of new information it contains illuminates The Malay Archipelago like never before Through an examination of the historical context the editor reveals new aspects of Wallaces life his sources and the original meanings of this famous book Following conventions of the time Wallace often left people places and publications unidentified and he referred to most species only by the scientific names current in the 19th century terms that are unintelligible to most readers today John van Wyhes explanatory notes running into the hundreds provide the common names for species and update their scientific names People places and other details that Wallace mentions have been tracked down and identified The book famously raises provocative questions but did tigers actually kill on an average a Chinaman every day in Singapore during the 1850s Did a Dutch Governor General really commit suicide by leaping from a waterfall in Celebes John van Wyhe deals with these and many other matters by comparing the text of The Malay Archipelago with Wallaces letters notebooks and a wealth of other contemporary sources Greatly enriched by an extensive introduction explanations that make the book accessible to modern readers a detailed itinerary of Wallaces voyage a lavish selection of additional colour illustrations and a full bibliography of related materials this is the definitive edition of Wallaces great work
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Alfred Russel Wallace 18231913 was a British naturalist best remembered as the codiscoverer with Darwin of natural selection His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being considered one of the nineteenth centurys foremost biologists These volumes first published in 1869 contain Wallaces acclaimed and highly influential account of extensive fieldwork he undertook in modern Indonesia Malaysia and New Guinea between 1854 and 1862 Wallace describes his travels around the island groups depicting the unusual animals and insects he encountered and providing ethnographic descriptions of the indigenous peoples Wallaces analysis of biogeographic patterns in Indonesia later termed the Wallace Line profoundly influenced contemporary and later evolutionary and geological thought concerning both Indonesia and other areas of the world where similar patterns were found Volume 1 covers the islands of Indonesia and Malaysia
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This is one the first and most important books about 18th century Malaysia and covers a wide array of topics from Malaysian culture and history to nature and wildlife It is essential reading for anyone interested in MalaysiaA century and a half after it was first published this book remains one of the great classics of natural history and travelperhaps the greatest Alfred Russel Wallace 18231913 deserves equal billing with Charles Darwin for his independently drawn but parallel conclusions on the theory of evolution Darwin himself called Wallace generous and noble and referred favorably to his work in later editions of The Origin of SpeciesThe Malay Archipelago is an extraordinarily accessible book There is a wealth of detail about premodern life in the Indonesian archipelago which Wallace accumulated on over 60 separate journeys spanning 14000 miles He was equally fascinated by the exotic peoples flora and fauna he encountered in his epic travels A mark of his achievement lies in the size of the collections he bequeathed to British museumssome 125000 specimens ranging from large mammals to tiny insects exotic butterflies and splendid birds of paradiseHis basic thesis stands to this day that two separate biological zones border these islands separated by the deepwater channel now known as the Wallace Line running between Bali and Lombok which only a relative handful of species have crossed The islands east of Bali in effect form a transitional zone where some of the worlds strangest creatures are found
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The most extensive review of Galapagos tortoises Originally published 1914 this is a facsimile reprint with a new Foreword by Peter C H Pritchard
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Richard Parkinsons Thirty years in the South Seas was first published in 1907 In this 900page work Parkinson drew together and expanded on the scientific and popular papers he had been publishing since 1887 creating in the process a landmark ethnography of the Bismarck Archipelago Parkinson moved to New Britain in 1879 only seven years after the first trader had established himself in the area Over the next thirty years he employed many local people on the familys expanding plantations and travelled widely in the area trading for produce especially coconuts observing traditional life and buying artefacts for museums in Europe USA and Australia His travels covered the islands now known as New Britain New Ireland New Hanover Manus Buka and Bougainville but he also collected information about the mainland of New Guinea Kaiser Wilhelmsland His observations covered a wide range of topics from religious life and ceremonies to artefacts and language It is clear he talked extensively with people though mostly with a translator and compared accounts He also took many photographs some 200 of which were included in the volume Given the period all his human subjects had to be posed but the range of associated detail probably unconsciously included is substantial What is particularly important about this work is the period in which it was written While Parkinson may never have been the first contact of any local people he was clearly among the first and observed many societies before they were extensively incorporated into the Western economy or missionised Thirty years in the South Seas is unparalleled in the literature of the Bismarck Archipelago It is an incomparable picture of a time and place now long past
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