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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... 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 golden Orange stands, And broadleaved Plantain ...
... 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 golden Orange stands, And broadleaved Plantain ...
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... fruits, so that it is not uncommon for fruit to be ripe at the same time that the tree is covered with flowers, in preparation for the succeeding crop. This is the case with the Brazil nut tree, in the forests of the Amazon, and with ...
... fruits, so that it is not uncommon for fruit to be ripe at the same time that the tree is covered with flowers, in preparation for the succeeding crop. This is the case with the Brazil nut tree, in the forests of the Amazon, and with ...
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... fruits. More frequently it is covered with a dense carpet of selaginella or other lycopodiaceæ, and these sometimes ... fruit produced on them. One of the most beautiful examples of this mode of flowering is a small tree of the genus ...
... fruits. More frequently it is covered with a dense carpet of selaginella or other lycopodiaceæ, and these sometimes ... fruit produced on them. One of the most beautiful examples of this mode of flowering is a small tree of the genus ...
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... , benzoin, catechu or terrajaponica, cajuput oil, gamboge, quinine, Angostura bark, quassia, and the urari and upas poisons; of spices we have cloves, cinnamon, and nutmegs; and of fruits, brazilnuts, tamarinds, guavas, and.
... , benzoin, catechu or terrajaponica, cajuput oil, gamboge, quinine, Angostura bark, quassia, and the urari and upas poisons; of spices we have cloves, cinnamon, and nutmegs; and of fruits, brazilnuts, tamarinds, guavas, and.
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Alfred Russel Wallace. cinnamon, and nutmegs; and of fruits, brazilnuts, tamarinds, guavas, and the valuable cacao; while residents in our tropical colonies enjoy the breadfruit, avocadopear, custardapple, durian, mango, mangosteen ...
Alfred Russel Wallace. cinnamon, and nutmegs; and of fruits, brazilnuts, tamarinds, guavas, and the valuable cacao; while residents in our tropical colonies enjoy the breadfruit, avocadopear, custardapple, durian, mango, mangosteen ...
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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