Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysRead Books Ltd, 25. mai 2016 - 418 pages This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1878 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Tropical Nature, and Other Essays' is a collection of essays including Wallace's observations on equatorial vegetation, animal life, and sexual. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. Wallace made a huge contribution to the natural sciences and he will continue to be remembered as one of the key figures in the development of evolutionary theory. |
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... flowers. Here graceful palms, here luscious fruits have birth; The fragrant coffee, lifesustaining rice, Sweet canes, and wondrous gums, and odorous spice; While Flora's choicest treasures crowd the teeming earth. Beside each cot the ...
... flowers. Here graceful palms, here luscious fruits have birth; The fragrant coffee, lifesustaining rice, Sweet canes, and wondrous gums, and odorous spice; While Flora's choicest treasures crowd the teeming earth. Beside each cot the ...
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... flower, And Summer when the sun's creative power Brings leafy groves and glades of feathery fern, The glorious blossoms ... flowers! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty, which outshine Th' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's ...
... flower, And Summer when the sun's creative power Brings leafy groves and glades of feathery fern, The glorious blossoms ... flowers! Thou givest birth To shifting scenes of beauty, which outshine Th' unvarying splendours of the Tropic's ...
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... flower and bird and insect. Each strange and beautiful object has been described in detail; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours. But, so far as I am ...
... flower and bird and insect. Each strange and beautiful object has been described in detail; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours. But, so far as I am ...
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... flowers and fruits, although more abundant at certain seasons, are never altogether absent; while many annual foodplants as well as some fruittrees produce two crops a year. In other cases, more than one complete year is required to ...
... flowers and fruits, although more abundant at certain seasons, are never altogether absent; while many annual foodplants as well as some fruittrees produce two crops a year. In other cases, more than one complete year is required to ...
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... into the woods, and waking up all nature to life and activity. Birds chirp and flutter about, parrots scream, monkeys chatter, bees hum among the flowers, and gorgeous butterflies flutter lazily along or sit with fully expanded.
... into the woods, and waking up all nature to life and activity. Birds chirp and flutter about, parrots scream, monkeys chatter, bees hum among the flowers, and gorgeous butterflies flutter lazily along or sit with fully expanded.
Contents
ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS | |
THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION | |
THE COLOURS OF PLANTS AND THE ORIGIN OF | |
THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AS INDICATING | |
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