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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Malay Archipelago, the Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel, With Studies of Man and NatureY readers will naturally ask why I have delayed writing this book for six years after my return and I feel bound to give them full satisfaction on this point.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a rep...

Excerpt from The Malay Archipelago, the Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel, With Studies of Man and NatureMap showin Mr. Wallace' 8 Route (tinted) The British sles and Borneo on the same scale. Physical Map (tinted).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgo...

Alfred Russel Wallace OM, FRS (1823 -1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He did extensive fieldwork first in the Amazon River basin, and then in the Malay Archipelago. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of natural selection which prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own more developed theory sooner than intended. Wallace was considered the 19th century's leading expert on the...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the nineteenth century. First published in 1898, this book looks back over the material and intellectual achievements of that century, and also analyses its social 'failures', such as poverty and militarism.

This autobiography of eminent Victorian scientist, explorer and social activist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 1913) was published in 1905.

This autobiography of eminent Victorian scientist, explorer and social activist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 1913) was published in 1905.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

First published in 1876, these volumes present the findings of a leading biologist on thousands of animals and birds.

First published in 1876, these volumes present the findings of a leading biologist on thousands of animals and birds.

The Wonderful Century, originally published in 1898, is a unique book, offering a retrospective of the grand scope of the 19th century. In it, British biologist and explorer ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE (1823-1913) discusses what he considers the successes of the last hundred years, including advances made in modes of travel, mechanization, photography, the analysis of light, physics, the study of dust, chemistry, astronomy, glaciers, geology, evolut...

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1869 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The Malay Archipelago is an important account of Wallace's journey to the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia). During this eight year period he collected more than 126, 000 specimens, several thousand of which represented new species to science. While travelling, Wallace refine...