The Malay Archipelago
- The Malay Archipelago
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Carte de
The Malay Archipelago montrant la géographie physique de l'
Insulinde (les lignes rouges représentent les chaînes de volcans) et les voyages d'
Alfred Russel Wallace (lignes noires)
The Malay Archipelago est un livre du naturaliste britannique Alfred Russel Wallace qui raconte son exploration scientifique dans l'Insulinde (Malaisie, Singapour, Indonésie et Nouvelle-Guinée) entre 1854 et 1862. Le titre complet du livre est The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with sketches of man and nature (« L'Archipel malais : le pays de l'orang-outang, et des oiseaux de paradis. Une narration du voyage, avec des esquisses de l'homme et de la nature »). Il y est décrit ce qui deviendra la ligne Wallace.
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- Livre paru en 1869
- Livre d'histoire naturelle
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