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Archipelago: The Islands of Indonesia: from the Nineteenth-century Discoveries of Alfred Russel Wallace to the Fate of Forests and Reefs in the Twenty-first Century

Door Gavan Daws e.a.

Categorie	Indonesië & Nederlands Indië
Boeknummer	#362481-KN43
Titel	Archipelago: The Islands of Indonesia: from the Nineteenth-century Discoveries of Alfred Russel Wallace to the Fate of Forests and Reefs in the Twenty-first Century
Auteur	Daws, Gavan & Marty Fujita
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	University of California Press
Jaar van uitgave	1999
ISBN10	0520215761
ISBN13	9780520215764
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original green cloth, dust jacket, coloured endpapers, numerous colour illustrations (including photographs), oblong (circa 26x27cm).
Samenvatting	The Indonesian archipelago is a land of timeless natural beauty that in the twenty-first century faces unprecedented environmental degradation. It was also the biological laboratory of Alfred Russel Wallace, who, working independently of Charles Darwin, discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection. Wallace, who traveled for eight years in the archipelago, was one of the greatest field naturalists and nature writers of his century. No one was more skilled in observing and describing living things. A prodigious collector, he was the first to bring living birds of paradise to the West. And he was a great thinker, a theorist as formidable as any on earth. This magnificent account of a true explorer sweeps from the time of Wallace's nineteenth-century discoveries in biogeography t... (Lees verder)o the looming biodiversity crisis of the twenty-first centuryfrom the exploration of natural wonders to the exploitation of natural resources. The result is a history that powerfully portrays the intricate connections of human life and natural life. This unique story, published by the University of California Press in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy, is resplendently presented with maps, archival materials, and more than 200 color photographs.
Pagina's	288
Conditie	Goed — Slightly foxed on verso dust jacket.
Prijs	€ 12,50

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