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Campfire conversations with Alfred Russel Wallace on people and
nature based on his travel in the Malay archipelago: the land of
the orang-utan and the bird of paradise. Part travelogue, part
biography, this book charts the discoveries of the famous
naturalist/explorer Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). Born in
1823, Wallace devoted much of his time to fieldwork, first in the
Amazon and then in Asia. During his travels he identified what is
now known as the Wallace Line, which divides the flora and fauna of
Asia from that which was hitherto a combination of both Australian
and Asian origin. He is, of course, notable for independently
developing the theory of evolution due to natural selection (but
was perhaps deliberately sidelined by Darwin). He was a voracious
collector - he trapped, skinned, and pickled 125,660 specimens,
including 212 new species of birds and 900 new species of beetles
during his long and productive life.
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