The Malay Archipelago : the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise : a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1874
Information About
This is a narrative of Alfred Russel Wallace who travelled to the Malay Archipelago in the middle of the 19th century. Although the focus of this book is mainly the inhabitants of the Archipelago, in particular orang-utans and humans, Wallace has included descriptions of many species of other animals found in the region. For ease of access to the content, he used a geographical, then zoological, followed by ethnological arrangement instead of chronology. It is illustrated by his own sketches and photographs.
Additional Details
- Title
- The Malay Archipelago : the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise : a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature
- Creators
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- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
- Subject
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- Natural history--Malay Archipelago
- Ethnology--Malay Archipelago
- Malay Archipelago--Description and travel
- Publisher
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- Macmillan, 1874
- National Library Board Singapore, 1874
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill., maps (some col.)
- Table of Contents
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- ch. I Physical geography -- Indo-Malay islands. ch. II. Singapore. ch. III. Malacca and Mount Ophir. ch. IV. Borneo, the orang-utan ... -- The Timor group. ch. X. Bali and Lombock. ch. XI. Lombock, manners and customs -- The Celebes group. ch. XV. Celebes, Macassar ... The Moluccas. ch. XIX. Banda. ch. XX. Amboyna ... -- The Papuan group. ch. XXVIII. Macassar to the Aru islands in a native prau ... -- ch. XL. The races of man in the Malay Archipelago.
- Edition
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- 5th ed.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2007.