The Malay Archipelago [[electronic resource] /] / Alfred Russel Wallace ; [introduction by Tony Whitten]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461378903321
• Autore: Wallace Alfred Russel <1823-1913.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore, : Periplus Editions, [2008]
• ISBN: 1-283-26222-3; 9786613262226; 1-4629-0029-1
• Edizione: [Rev. pbk. ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (512 p.)
• Collana: Periplus classics
• Altri autori (Persone): WhittenTony
• Disciplina: 915.9804
• Soggetti: Natural history - Malay Archipelago; Ethnology - Malay Archipelago; Electronic books.; Malay Archipelago Description and travel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 Malay ArchipelagoBIBLIOGRAPHY & INDEX.; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.