Our country has had an enviable reputation for honesty. A prominent example are the notes on the malay archipelago and malacca, published in 1880 by willem pieter groeneveldt, which became such a useful companion to the study of premodern indonesia that its indonesian translation was published as recently as 2009. He was equally fascinated by the exotic peoples, flora and fauna he. Kapupudang malay is the archipelago between mainland indochina and australia.
Notes on the malay archipelago and malacca compiled from. Wallace 182319 travelled extensively in the malay archipelago, he conducted scientific studies of the regions animal life, which to his deelopment of a theory of natural selection. The malay archipelago, the land of the orangutan and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature language. The land of the orangutan, and the bird of paradise. There is a wealth of detail about premodern life in the indonesian archipelago which wallace accumulated on over 60 separate journeys spanning 14,000 miles. The malay archipelago refers to the archipelago between mainland southeastern asia and australia it has also been called the east indies, the indoaustralian archipelago, indonesian archipelago and other names over time the archipelago is between the indian and pacific oceans.
It is the largest archipelago by area, and third by number of islands in the world. The malay archipelago is an extraordinarily accessible book. The relations of the chinese to the philippine islands. Malay archipelago synonyms, malay archipelago pronunciation, malay archipelago translation, english dictionary definition of malay archipelago. Verbeek, oudhedenvanjava,s grnvenhng,1891 groeneveldt, notes on the malay archipelago. Handbook to the determination of the ferns of the malayan islands incl. Bruining batavia wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. The malay archipelago, volume 1 the land of the orangutan and the bird of paradise. It is the largest island entirely in indonesia two larger islands, borneo and new guinea, are shared between indonesia and other countries and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km 2 with a population of 50,365,538. The malay archipelago is the place where two large tectonic plates meet, and is an area where orogeny mountains and volcanoes are common. Dutch sinologists, chinese annals, and other stories in.
Foreign countries the ming history english translation project. Historical notes on indonesia and malaya compiled from chinese sources w. The malay archipelago chronicles wallaces eight years exploring and documenting the natural history of southeast asia from singapore through indonesia and to papua new guinea. Malay archipelago islands, southeast asia britannica. Notes on the malay archipelago and malacca, compiled from chinese sources willem pieter groeneveldt. It has been our custom not to disturb even things dropped in the road, leaving these for their owners return, that he may. Sumatera is an island in western indonesia, westernmost of the sunda islands. Notes on the malay archipelago and malacca by wp groeneveldt from miscellaneous papers relating to indochina and the indian archipelagoby rost, reinhold, 1887 vol 1 ia p. Accessible book, description and travel, ethnology, journeys, natural history, travel, zoology. In the northeast the narrow strait of malacca separates the island from the malay peninsula, which is an extension of the eurasian continent. His book is a magnificent combination of interesting sketches of travel and vivid pictures of natural history of the indomalay islands, the timor, celebes ad papuan group, and the moluccas.
Notes on the malay archipelago and malacca compiled from chinese sources by w. Malay archipelago by alfred wallace, first edition abebooks. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. Notes on the malay archipelago and malacca, compiled from. Foreign countries the ming history english translation. In groeneveldt s translation of this passage notes on the malay archipelago, p. T he malay archipelago, the classic account of victorian naturalist alfred russel wallaces travels through southeast asia, first appeared in 1869 and has been much loved by generations of readers ever since. Malay archipelago article about malay archipelago by the. Groeneveldts notes on the malay archipelago and malacca. Wallaces malay archipelago is regarded as the most celebrated of all writings on indonesia and ranks with a small handful of other works as one of nineteenth centurys best scientific travel books howgego ii, p.
Malay archipelago definition of malay archipelago by the. Mulai abad ke18 orangorang barat mencoba melacak kembali persentuhanpersentuhan pertama antara negeri cina dengan nusantara. During the whole of this period we find evidences of a continuous activity on the part of the muslim missionaries, in one or other at least of the east india islands. Groeneveldt tentang nusantara dalam catatan tionghoa yang pertama sejak periode 2000 sm, nusantara telah menjalin hubungan dengan dinasti shang di cina.
The malay archipelago is long, occasionally deeply scientific, but, in sum, one fantastic read. Feb 01, 2001 the malay archipelago, volume 1 the land of the orangutan and the bird of paradise. Notes on the malay archipelago and malacca, compiled. Despite numerous modern reprints with appreciative introductions, this edition is the first long overdue fully annotated version to. Verhandelingen van bet genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen, vol. Despite numerous modern reprints with appreciative introductions, this edition is the first long overdue fully annotated version to appear in english. Malay archipelago, largest group of islands in the world, consisting of the more than 17,000 islands of indonesia and the approximately 7,000 islands of the philippines. Digitization funded by the institute for museum and library services, 2002. The presenter suggested that wallace had been seen off by a history that paid more attention to darwin. The regional name east indies is sometimes used as a synonym for the archipelago. From chinese dynastic annals translated in groeneveldt s notes on the malay archipelago with the date given as a.
The land of the orangutan and the bird of paradise. The indian ocean borders the west, northwest, and southwest coasts of sumatra with the island chain of simeulue, nias, mentawai and enggano off the western coast. It was published in two volumes in 1869, delayed by. The works which form the basis of the following description of the countries and localities in or near the eastern archipelago, southern asia, and eastern africa known to the chinese. The malay archipelago is a book by the british naturalist alfred russel wallace which chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eightyear period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the malay archipelago including malaysia, singapore, the islands of indonesia, then known as the dutch east indies, and the island of new guinea. Malay archipelago the worlds largest group of islands, situated between.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the malay archipelago. Groeneveldt has identified in his notes on the malay archipelago and malacca, p. In a foot note groeneveldt says m these two characters are properly pronounced pang, kang, but the first, which has the sound or pan in fukien, is often used for render ing the sound pa or pa, whilst the second character is taken for hang on account of its primitive, which often has this. The malay archipelago, volume 2 the land of the orangutan and the bird of paradise.
Historical notes on indonesia and malaya, book, 1960. Malay archipelago simple english wikipedia, the free. Sumatra is an elongated landmass spanning a diagonal northwestsoutheast axis. It has also been called the malay world, nusantara, east indies, indoaustralian archipelago, spices archipelago and other names over time. Sumatra is one of the sunda islands of western indonesia. Lying between the asian mainland and australia, and separating the pacific ocean from the indian ocean, it includes brunei, indonesia, the philippines, papua new guinea, east timor, and e malaysia. Malay pirates from pirates own book by charles ellms, 1837 gb pg 215. It passes between bali and lombok, which are separated by a passage of water which is both deep and fast. Notes on the malay archipelago and malacca, compiled from chinese sources w p groeneveldt. Pdf the malay archipelago download full pdf book download.
The malay archipelago, volume 1 by alfred russel wallace. Miscellaneous papers relating to indochina and the indian archipelago trubners oriental series volume 1, volume 2, volume 1, chapter v notes on the malay archipelago and malacca by w. An island group of southeast asia between australia and the asian mainland and separating the indian and pacific oceans. Groeneveldt, in his notes on the malay archipelago etc. Botany electronic books indochina malay archipelago straits branch of the royal asiatic society travel zoology. Malaccas early kings and the reception of islam cambridge core. I18, the erroneous rendering portuguese must in each case be corrected into spaniards. The malay archipelago is a book by the british naturalist alfred russel wallace that chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eightyear period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the malay archipelago including malaysia, singapore, the islands of indonesia, then known as the dutch east indies, and the island of new guinea. Having read darwins somewhat dreary masterpiece, i was keen to compare the two books.
The malay archipelago is a book by the british naturalist alfred russel wallace that chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eight year period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the malay archipelago including malaysia, singapore, the islands of indonesia, then known as the dutch east indies, and the island of new guinea. Report on the search for the sugar cane borer in the malay archipelago hawaiian sugar planters association. Electronic books ferns malay archipelago malay peninsula malayan ferns. Mar 01, 2001 the malay archipelago, volume 2 the land of the orangutan and the bird of paradise. The malay archipelago, volume 2 by alfred russel wallace. Groeneveldt called notes on the malay archipelago and malacca.
It is the largest island that is entirely governed by indonesia and the sixthlargest island in the world at 473,481 km 2 not including adjacent islands such as the mentawai islands, enggano island, nias island, simeulue island, riau islands, bangka belitung islands and krakatoa archipelago. Spread of islam in the malay archipelago1 islamic books. Of strong constitution, unlike alfred russel wallace is the man who simultaneously to darwin came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection. Groeneveldt national library of australia due to the need to contain the spread of coronavirus covid19 the library building and reading rooms are closed to visitors until further notice. About a dozen years ago a comlarison of the details of rialay history as given in the sbjarah mblayn or malay annals with the information contained in the notes on the malay archipelago and malacca extracted and translted from various old chinese sources by mr. Its biggest city is medan with a population of 2,109,330. This little work, published by me in 1876 in the transactions of the batavian society of arts and sciences, has been repeatedly noticed in the columns of the toungpao, and, i am happy to say, always in a friendly spirit. New guinea is usually arbitrarily included in the malay archipelago, though the andaman and nicobar islands in the northwest and the.
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