The Malay Archipelago is the classic work on the flora, fauna, and peoples of the area now known as Indonesia. Based largely on four field journals which Wallace kept during the eight years he spent in Malaysia and Indonesia between 1854 and 1862, it ranks as the greatest travel book on the region and, in its analysis of the geographical distribution of animals, is one of the most important natural history books of the nineteenth century. Wallace's travels were mainly to obtain natural history specimens for his own and ...
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The Malay Archipelago is the classic work on the flora, fauna, and peoples of the area now known as Indonesia. Based largely on four field journals which Wallace kept during the eight years he spent in Malaysia and Indonesia between 1854 and 1862, it ranks as the greatest travel book on the region and, in its analysis of the geographical distribution of animals, is one of the most important natural history books of the nineteenth century. Wallace's travels were mainly to obtain natural history specimens for his own and other collections. He collected 125,660 in all, mostly beetles, butterflies and birds, in the face of considerable difficulties. This book was originally published in 1869, seven years after Wallace's return from the area, and the new edition has an informative introduction by Dr John Bustin.
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Fair. 019588955x. 638 pages. Index. "Undoubtedly the classic work on the flora and fauna and peoples of the area which is now called Indonesia."-from back cover. Above-average wear. Front hinge taped. Front flyleaf removed. Usual library markings. Five-panel black and white fold-out map. A worthy reading copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO WALLACE ALFRED RUSSEL The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise Indonesia Flora Fauna Classic Field Journals Malaysia.
A readable travelogue and a classic of field biology. The author shares credit with Charles Darwin for the theory of Evolution by Natural Selection. His travels through what is now Indonesia brought much of the biology of this area to the attention of European scientists in the mid 19th century. This reprint of his journals is well presented except for the complete lack of maps. I read much of it with the atlas open next to me.
