The Spice Islands Voyage; In Search of Wallace
by Tim Severin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Signed by the author. A journey among the Spice Islands of equatorial Indonesia aboard a traditional native sailing vessel and a quest to rediscover a remarkable Englishman whose wanderings changed the way we see the natural world but he was overshadowed by Darwin. The author sets out to restore Wallace's reputation by retracing the explorer's journeys using Wallace's book The Malay Archipelago, one of the most remarkable travel books ever written. 267 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs, numerous illustrations in the text and a map. Book in very good+ condition with minor foxing to leading edges. Dust jacket in very good condition with small tear top corner.
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- Bookseller
- Lems Bookshop (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3593
- Title
- The Spice Islands Voyage; In Search of Wallace
- Author
- Tim Severin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Adventure, Travel, History, Biography, Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Adventure; History; Biography; Science;
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