This was in turn based on the chronologies published by van Wyhe, J. so he sold specimens he collected either directly to Museums or via an agent. Chronology of Wallace's travels in the Malay Archipelago. OTD in 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace was born, known for co-publishing the. This chronology is a corrected and updated version of that published in Beccaloni, G. Departed Alexandria on P&O steamer Ellora Departed on P&O steamer MaltaĮgypt: Suez to Alexandria by train. Departed on P&O steamer Emeuīombay, India. Forgotten founder of evolutionary theory Alfred Russel Wallace, originally a land surveyor from a modest background, was a naturalist at heart and an adventurer. On Dutch mail steamer Prins van OranjeīANCA - SINGAPORE. At the time of his death in 1913, Alfred Russel Wallace was extremely well-known, both for his contributions to science and also as a social activist. On Dutch mail steamer BataviaīATAVIA - BANCA. On Dutch mail steamer MacassarīOURU - JAVA. On schooner Esther Helenaĭorey, New Guinea ĭOREY – TERNATE. in Wallace’s Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro2 and established the bases of some of his most important scientic contributions to (bio)geography, ecology and evolution. On Dutch mail steamer PadangĬoupang and Delli, Timor IslandĪMBOYNA - TERNATE. Departed Port de Galle on steamer Pottinger Departed England on P&O steamer EuxineĪlexandria, Egypt. PLACES (bold capital letters denote important sea voyages lasting one or more days ) Names of islands and towns are those used by Wallace, and their modern names (if different) are given in brackets. Fichman, An Elusive Victorian: The Evolution. The list includes all of Wallace's major sea voyages between islands and the dates he stayed on them, but it does not detail his travels within or around the islands in question. Benton, Alfred Russel Wallace: Explorer, Evolutionist and Public Intellectual - A Thinker For Our Own Time (Siri Scientific, 2013 forthcoming) M. Many of the dates remain tentative and will probably never be known with certainty, a situation not helped by the fact that Wallace many mistakes when recording dates in his journals and elsewhere. The list below is an attempt to reconstruct his journey chronologically, with dates compiled from a variety of sources, including: Wallace’s book and other publications the journals he kept during his trip his letters and the known dates of arrival and departure of certain ships (especially mail steamers), as reported by newspapers of the time. His route was convoluted to say the least (see below - the black lines show his journeys), and he felt that his readers would be confused by a chronological arrangement. As noted in the preface to his book The Malay Archipelago (1869), Alfred Russel Wallace arranged the account of his travels around the region roughly biogeographically rather than chronologically.

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