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The Spice Islands voyage : the quest for Alfred Wallace, the man who shared Darwin's discovery of evolution / Tim Severin ; photographs by Joe Beynon and Paul Harris ; illustrations by Leonard Sheil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Severin, Timothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
- Wallace, Alfred Russel.
- Severin, Timothy--Travel--Malay Archipelago.
- Severin, Timothy.
- Travel.
- Natural history--Malay Archipelago.
- Natural history.
- Malay Archipelago--Description and travel.
- Malay Archipelago.
- Malay Archipelago--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 267 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Carroll and Graf edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998.
- Summary:
- An engrossing, informative, and exciting blend of biography, ecology, history, and discovery, "The Spice Islands Voyage" takes readers on a travel adventure to a tropical wilderness to rediscover Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin's forgotten partner. Original line drawings. of color photos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 264).
- ISBN:
- 0786705183
- OCLC:
- 38879168
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