The Malay Archipelago

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There is a wealth of detail about pre-modern life in the Indonesian archipelago which Wallace accumulated on over 60 separate journeys spanning some 14,000 miles. He was equally fascinated by the exotic peoples, flora and fauna he encountered in his epic travels. His basic thesis stands to this day: that two separate biological zones border these islands, separated by the deep-water channel now known as the Wallace Line, running between Bali and Lombok, which only a relative handful of species …

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Title Statements

Full title :The Malay Archipelago / Alfred Russel Wallace ; [introduction by Tony Whitten].

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008?
Edition:Rev. pbk. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Periplus Editions
Place of Publication:Singapore
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008?

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 488 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780794605636, 079460563X
oclc:ocn216941177
LC Classification:DS601
Dewey Decimal:915.9804/22

Physical geography -- Indo-Malay Islands -- Singapore -- Malacca and Mount Ophir -- Borneo: the orangutan -- Borneo: journey in the interior -- Borneo: the Dayaks -- Java -- Sumatra -- Natural history of the Indo-Malay Islands -- Timor Group -- Bali and Lombok -- Lombok: manners and customs of the people -- Lombok: how the Rajah took the census -- Timor -- Natural history of the Timor group -- Sulawesi Group -- Sulawesi: Makassar -- Sulawesi: Makassar -- Sulawesi: Manado -- Natural history of Sulawesi -- Maluku -- Banda -- Ambon -- Maluku: Ternate -- Halmahera -- Voyage to the Kayoa Islands and Bacan -- Bacan -- Seram, Gorong, and the Watubela Islands -- Buru -- Natural history of Maluku -- Papuan Group -- Makassar to the Aru Islands in a native prau -- Kai Islands -- Aru Islands: residence in Dobo -- Aru Islands: journey and residence in the interior -- Aru Islands: second residence at Dobo -- Aru Islands: physical geography and aspects of nature -- New Guinea: Dorey -- Voyage from Seram to Waigeo -- Waigeo -- Voyage from Waigeo to Ternate -- Birds of paradise -- Natural history of the Papuan Islands -- Races of man in the Malay Archipelago.

Subjects

Asia -- Malay Archipelago Ethnologie -- Insulinde Ethnology Ethnology -- Malay Archipelago Insulinde -- Descriptions et voyages Malay Archipelago -- Description and tr… Natural history Natural history -- Malay Archipelago Sciences naturelles -- Insulinde travel