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Malay Archipelago, the

$15.00

Malay Archipelago, the

SKU: 9780241261873 Category: Product ID: 61084

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Title: Malay Archipelago, the
Author: RUSSEL WALLACE ALFRED
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 26/05/2016
Imprint: PENGUIN
Price: $15.00
Publishing status: Active

“I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head.” (Alfred Russel). Wallace left to explore the islands of southeast Asia an obscure naturalist; he returned eight years later an acclaimed scientist and co-discoverer of the theory of evolution. This is his vivid, exhilarating and heroic account of his travels across the entire Malay world, from Singapore to the western edges of New Guinea. With exploratory zeal and lyrical brilliance, he describes battling through jungles, enduring seasickness and fever, meeting head hunters, marvelling at birds of paradise and collecting countless new species, as he made discoveries that changed our view of the world. This is a new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin’s original covers.

Series: Pocket Penguins
ISBN: 9780241261873
Weight: 402g
Dimension: 181mm X 111mm
Pages: 752

Additional information

Weight 402 g
Dimensions 181 × 111 mm