Alfred russel wallace: letters from the malay archipelago
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199684007
Date de publication :
3 sept. 2015
Dimensions :
23,3 x 16,0 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
536 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This volume of newly transcribed letters documents the travels of the Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, during which he famously discovered natural selection independently of Darwin. Vivid with detail, the letters are fully annotated and accompanied by an introduction with a newly reconstructed itinerary.