| Description |
275 pages : illustrations chiefly color, color maps ; 27 x 28 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue / Edward O. Wilson -- 1. The Evolution of a Naturalist. The Naturalist's Cabinet -- 2. Preparing for the Archipelago. Wallace's Biological Laboratory -- 3. Borneo: Encountering the Orangutan. Evolution's Panoply. The Wild Man of the Forest -- 4. Bali, Lombock, and Celebes: Wallace Draws the Line. Wallace's Vision of Continents. Sulawesi: Island Enigma -- 5. The Moluccas: Illness and Inspiration. Marine Biodiversity. Darwin, Wallace, and Precedence -- 6. The Islands of Ke, Aru, and New Guinea: Land of the Bird of Paradise. Ecology and Behavior of Birds of Paradise -- 7. Java, Sumatra, and Home: Realizations -- 8. From the Malay Archipelago to Indonesia: Spanning the Centuries. Conservation of Indonesia's Biodiversity -- Epilogue / John C. Sawhill |
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The evolution of a naturalist -- Preparing for the Archipelago -- Borneo: encountering the Orangutan -- Bali, Lombock, and Celebes: Wallace draws the line -- The Moluccas: illness and inspiration -- The islands of Ké, Aru, and New Guinea: land of the bird of paradise -- Java, Sumatra, and home: realizations -- From the Malay Archipelago to Indonesia: spanning the centuries |
| Summary |
"Indonesia is a land of incomparable beauty and diversity. It was also the biological laboratory of Alfred Russel Wallace, who, working independently of his contemporary Charles Darwin, developed the theory of evolution by natural selection." "Wallace was a man of many parts: adventurer, explorer, collector, socialist, spiritualist, early feminist, global thinker, writer. Archipelago takes us on Wallace's 14,000-mile journey through unexplored parts of Indonesia, where during years of fieldwork he made his major discoveries in evolutionary biology. Alone on the tiny island of Gilolo, he drafted his theory of evolution and sent the manuscript to Darwin. That event led to the great Darwin-Wallace controversy, one which burns to this day." "Interspersed in Wallace's story are informative sidebars that offer a more in-depth look at topics ranging from specimen collecting in Victorian times to the ecological challenges faced by Indonesia today."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Published in association with the Nature Conservancy." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 -- Travel -- Malay Archipelago.
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Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
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Environmental degradation -- Indonesia.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Malay Archipelago.
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Natural history -- Malay Archipelago.
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Natural selection.
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Natural history -- Indonesia.
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Naturalists -- England -- Biography.
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Zoogeography -- Malay Archipelago.
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| SUBJECT |
Indonesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80083633 -- Environmental conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384
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Indonesia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115791
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Fujita, Marty, 1954-
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Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
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| LC no. |
99022769 |
| ISBN |
0520215761 (alk. paper) |
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