The Malay Archipelago

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The Malay Archipelago is an extraordinarily accessible book written by noted British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. A century and a half after it was published, this book remains one of the great classics of natural history and travel, on par with Charles Darwin's work. Full of a wealth of detail about pre-modern life in the Indonesian archipelago, The Malay Archipelago is a fascinating look at natural selection.

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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:1 online resource (xxii, 488 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781462900299, 1462900291, 1283262223, 9781283262224, 9786613262226, 6613262226
oclc:ocn754714765
LC Classification:DS601
Dewey Decimal:915.9804

List of Illustrations; Introduction; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Tenth Edition; 1 Physical Geography; 2 Singapore; 3 Malacca and Mount Ophir; 4 Borneo: The Orangutan; 5 Borneo: Journey in the Interior; 6 Borneo: The Dayaks; 7 Java; 8 Sumatra; 9 Natural History of the Indo-Malay Islands; 10 Bali and Lombok; 11 Lombok: Manners and Customs of the People; 12 Lombok: How the Rajah Took the Census; 13 Timor; 14 Natural History of the Timor Group; 15 Sulawesi; 16 Sulawesi; 17 Sulawesi; 18 Natural History of Sulawesi; 19 Banda; 20 Ambon; 21 Maluku: Ternate; 22 Halmahera

23 Voyage to the Kayoa Islands and Bacan24 Bacan; 25 Seram, Gorong, and the Watubela Islands; 26 Buru; 27 The Natural History of Maluku; 28 Makassar to the Aru Islands in a Native Prau; 29 The Kai Islands; 30 The Aru Islands: Residence in Dobo; 31 The Aru Islands: Journey and Residence in the Interior; 32 The Aru Islands: Second Residence at Dobo; 33 The Aru Islands: Physical Geography and Aspects of Nature; 34 New Guinea: Dorey; 35 Voyage from Seram to Waigeo; 36 Waigeo; 37 Voyage from Waigeo to Ternate; 38 The Birds of Paradise; 39 The Natural History of the Papuan Islands

40 The Races of Man in the Ma…

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