The Malay Archipelago Volume 1

The Malay Archipelago is a book by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace that chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eight year period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the Malay Archipelago including Malaysia, Singapore, the islands of Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies, and the island of New Guinea. Its full title was The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with sketches of man and nature. Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 - 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of evolution due to natural selection that prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own theory. This is Volume 1 of the two Volume book, The Malay Archipelago.

Author: Alex Struik,Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 09/01/2012
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9781479239429

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