The Malay Archipelago
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : 9780415289313
The Malay Archipelago
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher :
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 41,35 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Ethnology
ISBN :
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Alfred Russel Wallace
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 27,41 MB
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0199683999
Book Description
This volume of newly transcribed letters documents the travels of the Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, during which he famously discovered natural selection independently of Darwin. Vivid with detail, the letters are fully annotated and accompanied by an introduction with a newly reconstructed itinerary.
Dispelling The Darkness: Voyage In The Malay Archipelago And The Discovery Of Evolution By Wallace And Darwin
Author : John Van Wyhe
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 2013-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9814458821
Book Description
“The facts of variability, of the struggle for existence, of adaptation to conditions, were notorious enough; but none of us had suspected that the road to the heart of the species problem lay through them, until Darwin and Wallace dispelled the darkness.”T H Huxley (1887)Darwin is one of the most famous scientists in history. But he was not alone. Comparatively forgotten, Wallace independently discovered evolution by natural selection in Southeast Asia. This book is based on the most thorough research ever conducted on Wallace's voyage. Closely connected, but worlds apart, Darwin and Wallace's stories hold many surprises. Did Darwin really keep his theory a secret for twenty years? Did he plagiarise Wallace? Were their theories really the same? How did Wallace hit on the solution, and on which island? This book reveals for the first time the true story of Darwin, Wallace and the discovery that would change our understanding of life on Earth forever.
On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago
Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 21,74 MB
Release : 2016-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 1473362571
Book Description
This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1859 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago' is an article detailing Wallace's observations during his travels in Asia. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. Wallace made a huge contribution to the natural sciences and he will continue to be remembered as one of the key figures in the development of evolutionary theory.
Notes on the Malay Archipelago and Malacca
Author : Willem Pieter Groeneveldt
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 11,59 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Chinese
ISBN :
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Colonialism in the Malay Archipelago
Author : Osman Bakar
Publisher : Istac-Iium Publications
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 2021-04-13
Category :
ISBN : 9789839379709
Book Description
In this book fourteen leading scholars and intellectual-activists provide a collective treatment of the theme of colonialism in the Malay Archipelago from the as yet little explored perspective of civilisational encounters. The centuries-long Western colonial presence in the Archipelago had generated both peaceful and violent encounters that were to prove consequential on the civilisational history of the region. The book's chapters attempt to present new insights into the nature and multidimensional character of these civilisational encounters and their significance for the life and thought of contemporary Malay Archipelago that now comprises the modern nation-states of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, and Timor-Leste.
Where Worlds Collide
Author : Penny Van Oosterzee
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 35,99 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780801484971
Book Description
Where Worlds Collide is the fascinating story of a biologist's spectacular discovery that has deeply changed the way we view the world.
A Malay Frontier
Author : Jane Drakard
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 24,85 MB
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1501719084
Book Description
The way in which Malays construe ideas about authority and government is the subject of this book. Focusing upon an often-ignored section of the Malay archipelago, Barus, a small kingdom on the coast of northwest Sumatra, the author compares readings based upon the royal chronicles of Hilir and Hulu Barus. She examines the relationship between the upland and the lowland to study the character of Malay political culture in Barus.
Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula
Author : Paul Michel Munoz
Publisher : Didier Millet,Csi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Archipelagoes
ISBN : 9789814610117
Book Description
An approachable and well-researched history of the Malay Peninsula and insular Southeast Asia from its earliest times to the 16th century.
