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The Spice Islands voyage is a trip among the Spice Islands of Indonesia on a traditional native sailing vessel and a quest to rediscover a remarkable Englishman who changed the way we see the natural world. Alfred Russel Wallace was the joint author of the theory of evolution by natural selection, yet his name has been overshadowed by that of Darwin. An intrepid naturalist, he wrote "The Malay Archipelago", one of the first travel books. Tim Severin used the book as a guide, when in 1996 he retraced Wallace's path through the Spice Islands, travelling through uncharted waters, observing unusual flora and fauna, and ancient systems of tribal rule. His own account of this journey is offered here.
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'Filled with candour and plenty of humour, taking me on a journey through a region I know so little about...' -- WANDERLUST
'Fluent and entertaining' -- TLS
'Full of insights as it retraces a journey though places of fabulous natural and cultural diversity...' -- INDEPENDENT
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'Fluent and entertaining' -- TLS
'Full of insights as it retraces a journey though places of fabulous natural and cultural diversity...' -- INDEPENDENT
Tim Severin was born in 1940 and educated at Tonbridge School and Oxford University. He holds the Founder's medal of the Royal Geographical Society, awarded in 1986 for outstanding services to exploration and geographic history. In 1988, the Royal Scottish Geographical Society presented him with the Livingstone Gold Medal.
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- PublisherCharnwood (Large Print)
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0708990118
- ISBN 13 9780708990117
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages418
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