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The Malay Archipelago
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Malay Archipelago af Alfred Russel Wallace, 9780565095390
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
552
ISBN-13:
9780565095390
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0565095390
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 jan 2023
Størrelse i cm:
13,9 x 20,8 x 3,0
Oplagsdato:
30 jan 2023
Forfatter(e):

The Malay Archipelago

Engelsk
Hardback 2023
Format:

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This handsome facsimile has been reproduced from Wallace’s personal copy of the 10th edition which includes a number of handwritten annotations made by Wallace himself.

The Malay Archipelago is a vivid, momentous and far-reaching account of Alfred Russel Wallace’s eight-year exploration of Southeast Asia between 1854 and 1862. It is long considered one of the greatest travel books ever written and has never been out of print.

Wallace’s travels led him to develop the theory of evolution by natural selection independently of Charles Darwin, and his and Darwin’s theories were jointly proposed in a paper to the Linnean Society in 1858. During his travels he accumulated an astonishing 125,660 specimens, including more than 5,000 species new to western science, establishing his reputation as the 19th century’s leading expert on the geographical distribution of animal species and the "father of biogeography."

This edition was published in 1890, 28 years after the first, and has additional information from subsequent collectors and footnotes in which Wallace corrects some earlier errors. It also features illustrations by contemporary artists such as Thomas Baines, Walter Hood Fitch and TW Wood, and includes two fold-out colour maps of the archipelago, one showing the routes taken and the other the volcanic belts in the region. There is also a new foreword by Sandra Knapp, President of the Linnean Society (2018-2022).

The hardback is both a beautiful gift as well as an authentic scholarly reference book - enjoy your own travels with it.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
552
ISBN-13:
9780565095390
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0565095390
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 jan 2023
Størrelse i cm:
13,9 x 20,8 x 3,0
Oplagsdato:
30 jan 2023
Forfatter(e):
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