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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461378903321

Autore

Wallace Alfred Russel <1823-1913.>

Titolo

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

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.