1 Item
Page: 1
To A. R. Wallace 9 August 1859
Summary
Will forward ARW’s "admirable" paper to Linnean Society ["On the zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 4 (1860): 172–84].
Discusses geographical distribution of animals in the Malay Archipelago; relation of distribution to depth of sea between islands.
Relation of Celebes to Africa almost passes belief.
Differs wholly from ARW on colonisation of oceanic islands; does not believe in Forbes’s great continental extensions.
Anticipates Owen’s opposition to their views, but "he is a poor reasoner & deeply considers the good opinion of the world, especially the aristocratic world".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1859 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2480 |
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
