03557nam 2200649 a 450 991046137890332120200520144314.01-283-26222-397866132622261-4629-0029-1(CKB)2670000000107826(EBL)744775(OCoLC)746746842(SSID)ssj0000538847(PQKBManifestationID)12216334(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538847(PQKBWorkID)10560483(PQKB)11085722(MiAaPQ)EBC744775(Au-PeEL)EBL744775(CaPaEBR)ebr10488304(EXLCZ)99267000000010782620110830d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Malay Archipelago[electronic resource] /Alfred Russel Wallace ; [introduction by Tony Whitten]Rev. pbk. ed.Singapore Periplus Editions[2008]1 online resource (512 p.)Periplus classicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7946-0563-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Halmahera23 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 Islands40 The Races of Man in the Malay ArchipelagoBIBLIOGRAPHY & INDEX.; Bibliography; IndexThe 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.Periplus classics.Natural historyMalay ArchipelagoEthnologyMalay ArchipelagoMalay ArchipelagoDescription and travelElectronic books.Natural historyEthnology915.9804Wallace Alfred Russel1823-1913.56469Whitten Tony912621MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461378903321The Malay Archipelago2043924UNINA