A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and: With An Account Of The Native Tribes, And Observations On The Climate, Geology And Natural History Of The Amazon Valley - Softcover

Wallace, Alfred Russ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1428602488 ISBN 13: 9781428602489

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing Co, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

""A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro"" is a travelogue written by Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist and explorer, detailing his journey through the Amazon Valley in the mid-19th century. The book provides a vivid account of his experiences navigating the rivers, encountering various native tribes, and documenting the region's unique flora and fauna. Wallace's observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon Valley are also included, providing valuable insights into the region's ecology and geological history. Overall, this book is an important historical document that offers a fascinating glimpse into the Amazon region during a time of great exploration and discovery.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist, and illustrator who lived from 8 January 1823 to 7 November 1913. His own development of the theory of evolution through natural selection is what made him most famous. Charles Darwin's earlier papers on the subject were also excerpted in his 1858 paper, which was published in the same year. In response, Darwin rapidly wrote an abstract of the "great species book" he was composing, which he then published in 1859 as "On the Origin of Species. Beginning in the Amazon River basin, Wallace conducted considerable fieldwork. The Wallace Line, which divides the Indonesian archipelago into two distinct parts and is now known as the Wallace Line, was discovered by him while conducting fieldwork in the Malay Archipelago. In the western portion, where the animals are large and of Asian origin, and in the eastern portion, where the fauna reflects Australasia. He is frequently referred to as the "father of biogeography," or more specifically, of zoogeography, and was thought to be the foremost authority on the geographic distribution of animal species in the 19th century.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1428602488
• ISBN 13: 9781428602489
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 412
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: KreGa Onlinehandel GmbH; 4950000000000; info@krega-onlinehandel.de; ; Birkenweg 31; Brakel; 33034; Deutschland