アルフレッド・ラッセル・ウォレスのマレー半島書簡<br>Alfred Russel Wallace : Letters from the Malay Archipelago

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アルフレッド・ラッセル・ウォレスのマレー半島書簡
Alfred Russel Wallace : Letters from the Malay Archipelago

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 352 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780199684007
  • DDC分類 508.092

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This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia). it was these travels which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as Charles Darwin: that evolution occurs through natural selection. Beautifully written, the letters are filled with lavish descriptions of the remote regions he explored, the peoples, and fascinating details of the many new species of mammals, birds, and insects he discovered during his time there.

John van Wyhe and Kees Rookmaaker present new transcriptions of each of the letters, including recently discovered letters that shed light on the voyage and on questions such as Wallace's reluctance to publish on evolution, and why he famously chose to write to Darwin rather than to send his work to a journal directly. A revised account of Wallace's itinerary based on new research by the editors forms part of an introduction that sets the context of the voyage, and the volume includes full notes to all letters.

Together the letters form a remarkable and vivid document of one of the most important journeys of the 19th century by a great Victorian naturalist.

Contents

Foreword ; Introduction ; England to Singapore and Malacca, 4 March-16 October 1854 ; Borneo, 17 October 1854-23 May 1856 ; Bali, Lombock and Celebes, 23 May-16 December 1856 ; Aru and Amboyna, 17 December 1856-7 January 1858 ; Ternate and New Guinea, 8 January-8 October 1858 ; Batchian and Ternate, 9 October 1858 - 9 June 1859 ; Menado, Amboyna and Ceram, 10 June 1859 - 16 June 1860 ; Waigiou, Ternate, Timor, 17 June 1860 - 5 July 1861 ; Java, Sumatra and back home, 6 July 1861 - 31 March 1862