The Spice Islands Voyage: The Quest for the Man Who Shared Darwin's Discovery of Evolution - Couverture rigide

Severin, Tom

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ISBN 10 : 0786705183 ISBN 13 : 9780786705184

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Severin Timothy

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This remarkable account of Tim Severin's voyage to the Indonesian Archipelago in search of the island paradise that naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace had explored 140 years before him offers both the thrills of exotic adventure and the marvels of scientific discovery. In a replica of the boat that Wallace himself sailed to the Spice Islands and with Wallace's The Malay Archipelago as his guide, Severin travels to remote shores that still harbor such rare but fast-disappearing creatures as red birds of paradise, flying foxes, and bird-winged butterflies. Not only does he discover the now-endangered flora and fauna that Wallace recorded in his expeditions, he also pays due homage to his intrepid predecessor, the man who provided Darwin with the ideas and principles that changed forever the way we view nature and with him co-authored the theory of evolution.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786705183
• ISBN 13: 9780786705184
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible