Borneo, Celebes, Aru (Penguin Great Journeys)
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Racked with fever, virtually broke and earning a precarious living through sending back to London the plumes of beautiful birds, Wallace (1823-1913) ultimately became one of the most heroic and admirable of all scientist-explorers. Whether living with Hill Dyaks or hunting Orang-Utans or sailing on a junk to the unbelievably remote Aru islands, Wallace opens our eyes to a now long vanished world.
Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries โ but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to
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Manufacturer: Penguin
Release date: 1 February 2007
ISBN-10 : B003P9XCFI |
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Release date: 1 February 2007
ISBN-10 : B003P9XCFI |