The Annotated Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace

The Annotated Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Publisher: NUS Press

Published: 2014-09-29

Total Pages: 826

ISBN-13: 997169820X

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Wallace's Malay Archipelago is a classic account of the travels of a Victorian naturalist through island Southeast Asia. It has been loved by readers ever since its publication in 1869. Despite numerous modern reprints with appreciative introductions, this is the first - and long overdue - annotated edition in English. This edition explains, updates and corrects the original text with an historical introduction and hundreds of explanatory notes. Wallace left hundreds of people, places, publications and species unidentified. He referred to most species only with the scientific name current at the time. Whenever available, the common names for species have been provided, and scientific names updated. The content of the book has never been thoroughly analysed and compared against other contemporary sources. It turns out that the book contains many errors. This includes not just incorrect dates and place names but some of the most remarkable anecdotes; for example, the dramatic claim that tigers "kill on an average a Chinaman every day" in Singapore or that a Dutch Governor General committed suicide by leaping from a waterfall on Celebes. By correcting the text of the Malay Archipelago against Wallace's letters and notebooks and other contemporary sources and by enriching it with modern identifications this edition reveals Wallace's work as never before.


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Download or read book The Annotated Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace written by Alfred Russel Wallace and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wallace's Malay Archipelago is a classic account of the travels of a Victorian naturalist through island Southeast Asia. It has been loved by readers ever since its publication in 1869. Despite numerous modern reprints with appreciative introductions, this is the first - and long overdue - annotated edition in English. This edition explains, updates and corrects the original text with an historical introduction and hundreds of explanatory notes. Wallace left hundreds of people, places, publications and species unidentified. He referred to most species only with the scientific name current at the time. Whenever available, the common names for species have been provided, and scientific names updated. The content of the book has never been thoroughly analysed and compared against other contemporary sources. It turns out that the book contains many errors. This includes not just incorrect dates and place names but some of the most remarkable anecdotes; for example, the dramatic claim that tigers "kill on an average a Chinaman every day" in Singapore or that a Dutch Governor General committed suicide by leaping from a waterfall on Celebes. By correcting the text of the Malay Archipelago against Wallace's letters and notebooks and other contemporary sources and by enriching it with modern identifications this edition reveals Wallace's work as never before.


The Annotated Malay Archipelago

The Annotated Malay Archipelago

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9789813250239

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The Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Publisher:

Published: 1890

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book The Malay Archipelago written by Alfred Russel Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-10-24

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0199683999

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Presents the letters of the great Victorian naturalist who, while on his journey in the Malay Archipelago, derived the theory of evolution independent of Darwin.


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Download or read book Alfred Russel Wallace written by Alfred Russel Wallace and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the letters of the great Victorian naturalist who, while on his journey in the Malay Archipelago, derived the theory of evolution independent of Darwin.


The Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Publisher:

Published: 1898

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13:

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The Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2014-11-27

Total Pages: 736

ISBN-13: 0141394412

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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.


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Download or read book The Malay Archipelago written by Alfred Russel Wallace and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


The Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-04-05

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 3732639851

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Reproduction of the original: The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace


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The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1

The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1

Author: Alfred Russel Wallace

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-04-09

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9781545225981

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The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 by Alfred Russel Wallace


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Download or read book The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 written by Alfred Russel Wallace and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-09 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 by Alfred Russel Wallace


Archipelago

Archipelago

Author: Gavan Daws

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780520215764

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From the 19th-century discoveries of Alfred Russell Wallace to the fate of forests and reefs in the 21st century, examine the beauty and grace of Indonesian Islands. 211 color illustrations. Maps, photos & line drawings.


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Download or read book Archipelago written by Gavan Daws and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 19th-century discoveries of Alfred Russell Wallace to the fate of forests and reefs in the 21st century, examine the beauty and grace of Indonesian Islands. 211 color illustrations. Maps, photos & line drawings.


The Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago

Author: Alfred Russell Wallace

Publisher:

Published: 2014-11-25

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9781473323919

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1869 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The Malay Archipelago is an important account of Wallace's journey to the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia). During this eight year period he collected more than 126,000 specimens, several thousand of which represented new species to science. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. This was published in the same year along with Darwin's own theory. The Malay Archipelago became one of the most popular books of scientific exploration in the 19th century. This book is the first of two volumes.


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Download or read book The Malay Archipelago written by Alfred Russell Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1869 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The Malay Archipelago is an important account of Wallace's journey to the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia). During this eight year period he collected more than 126,000 specimens, several thousand of which represented new species to science. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. This was published in the same year along with Darwin's own theory. The Malay Archipelago became one of the most popular books of scientific exploration in the 19th century. This book is the first of two volumes.