The Spice Islands Voyage by Tim Severin
Describing a journey among the Spice Islands of Indonesia aboard a traditional native sailing vessel, this is also an account of a quest to rediscover a remarkable Englishman, who changed the way we see the natural world. Alfred Russel Wallace was a joint-author of the theory of evolution by natural selection, yet today his name is overshadowed by Darwin's. A brilliant and intrepid naturalist, Wallace was the author of "The Malay Archipelago", one of the greatest of all travel books. It was used as a guide in 1996 when Tim Severin retraced his path through the Spice Islands, encountering red birds of paradise, sea turtles and other unusual flora and fauna, and observing rainforest destruction, the smuggling of rare species, and ancient systems of tribal rule.
'Full of insights as it retraces a journey though places of fabulous natural and cultural diversity by the first person to articulate evolutionary theory concrete, engaging and enjoyable' INDEPENDENT'Fluent and entertaining' TLS'Filled with candour and plenty of humour, taking me on a journey through a region I know so little aboutIt shines a guiding light on a world Wallace described so elegantly a century earlier' WANDERLUST'The intimate observations of unreported environmental destruction and vanishing rare creatures- and their hunters- are painfully urgent.' THE TIMES'His account is fascinating: in part a biography of the gentle, humane naturalist, in part a travel book highlighting the region's beauty and the environmental dangers facing it.' SUNDAY TIMES
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780349110400 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349110409 |
| Title | The Spice Islands Voyage |
| Author | Tim Severin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1998-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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