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Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters from the Malay Archipelago (Record no. 2406)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199683994
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 508.31
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Van Wyhe, John
9 (RLIN) 366093
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters from the Malay Archipelago
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 24 Oct 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 352 Pages;
Other physical details Hardback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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), which led him to come independently to the same conclusion as Charles Darwin: that evolution occurs through natural selection. Beautifully written, they 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.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element c 1800 to c 1900
9 (RLIN) 366094
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Malaysia
9 (RLIN) 366095
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element History of science
9 (RLIN) 366096
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular science
9 (RLIN) 366097
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Zoology & animal sciences
9 (RLIN) 366098
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Evolution
9 (RLIN) 366099
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sir David Attenborough
9 (RLIN) 366100
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kees Rookmaaker
9 (RLIN) 366101
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Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi In Store 10/07/2016   508.31 PKLC009882 20/09/2016 10/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17  
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore In Store 07/05/2016   508.31 PKLC001757 07/05/2016 07/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 For Sale