Wonders of nature in South-East Asia /

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Author / Creator:Cranbrook, Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Earl of, 1933-
Imprint:Kuala Lumpur : New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description:xxiv, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language:English
Series:Oxford in Asia paperbacks
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2611381
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ISBN:9676530883 (paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Victor T. King
  • Introduction / Earl of Cranbrook
  • Invocation / George Maxwell
  • 1. Golden Island / Rufus Festus Avienus
  • 2. Vayu Purana / Roland Braddell
  • 3. The Poison Tree from Macassar / Georgius Everhardus Rumphius
  • 4. The Archipelago / J. R. Logan
  • 5. Placid Loveliness / John Cameron
  • 6. Tropical Scenery / Ramon Reyes Lala
  • 7. Physical Review / J. R. Logan
  • 8. Dispersal of Gondwanaland / M. G. Audley-Charles
  • 9. Earth Storm / Charles A. Fisher
  • 10. The Shan Plateau / F. Kingdon Ward
  • 11. The Blue-green Hill / R. Raven-Hart
  • 12. Wonderful Kinabalu / Tom Harrisson
  • 13. A Virgin Peak / F. Kingdon Ward
  • 14. Dak Lac / Norman Lewis
  • 15. Bok-kor / Alan Houghton Brodrick
  • 16. Telluric Energy / J. R. Logan
  • 17. A Volcano and an Earthquake / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 18. Mount Semiru / M. Zollinger
  • 19. Lombok Volcano / W. Cool
  • 20. The Lake of Taal / Joseph Earle Stevens
  • 21. Krakatoa / Stanley Coxon
  • 22. Submarine Volcano / Henri Mouhot
  • 23. Hot Springs and Mud Volcanoes / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 24. Cochin-China: The Climate / Dr. Gutzlaff
  • 25. Climate of the Philippines / John Crawfurd
  • 26. Typhoon / Joseph Earle Stevens
  • 27. Seasonal Rainfall / E. Banks
  • 28. Storm / Charles Hose
  • 29. Typhoon in the South China Sea / Edward H. Cree
  • 30. Typhoon in the Visayas / Mary H. Fee
  • 31. The Straits of Bali / Daniel Beeckman
  • 32. Ampanam Bay / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 33. Sarawak Approaches / James Brooke
  • 34. Tide and Wind / Tom Harrisson
  • 35. Work of the Dragon / Anonymous
  • 36. Baie d'Along / Lord Moyne
  • 37. The Coast of Cochin-China / John White
  • 38. As Far as Champawn / H. Warington Smyth
  • 39. Junkceylon / G. E. Gerini
  • 40. Northward from Dongalla / Walter G. Harris
  • 41. Cagayan Sulu / W. Chimmo
  • 42. Banda Islands / Albert S. Bickmore
  • 43. Arru Islands / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 44. The Bight / H. Warington Smyth
  • 45. Influenced by the Tide / Odoardo Beccari
  • 46. Mangrove Forests of the Malay Peninsula / J. G. Watson
  • 47. The Lupar Bore / William M. Crocker
  • 48. Rivers of Burma / J. Annan Bryce
  • 49. The Upper Defile / Beatrix Metford
  • 50. The Second Defile / E. B. Sladen
  • 51. The Third Defile / G. T. Gascoigne
  • 52. The Lower Irrawaddy / Henry Yule
  • 53. Shooting the Rapids / Carl A. Bock
  • 54. Keng Karm / Noel Wynyard
  • 55. The Mekong / J. S. Black
  • 56. Mother of Rivers / H. W. Ponder
  • 57. Raheng Flood / Holt S. Hallett
  • 58. Mattabong Plain / D. O. King
  • 59. The Great Lake of Cambodia / Henri Mouhot
  • 60. Tonle-sap / Anonymous
  • 61. Floods / E. J. H. Corner
  • 62. Danau Lamadjan / Odoardo Beccari
  • 63. Lake Seriang / W. M. Crocker
  • 64. Peatswamp / J. Wyatt-Smith
  • 65. Trees of Java / H. W. Ponder
  • 66. Amherstia / G. T. Gascoigne
  • 67. The Carmine Cherry / F. Kingdon Ward
  • 68. Along the Rawas / Henry O. Forbes
  • 69. The Forests / J. R. Logan
  • 70. Tropical Dendrons / E. J. H. Corner
  • 71. Figs / Henry O. Forbes
  • 72. Strangling Fig-trees / E. J. H. Corner
  • 73. The Palm Scene / E. J. H. Corner
  • 74. The Durian Tree / Georgius Everhardus Rumphius
  • 75. The Durian / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 76. Bat Flowers / E. J. H. Corner
  • 77. Midnight Horror / E. J. H. Corner
  • 78. Exuberance of Life / G. B. Cerruti
  • 79. Abundance of Rattans / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 80. Rattans Explained / E. J. H. Corner
  • 81. Bamboos / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 82. The Greater Moth Orchid, Phalaenopsis / F. W. Burbidge
  • 83. Orchids in Java / Henry O. Forbes
  • 84. Pitcher Plants / F. W. Burbidge
  • 85. Gingers / Henry O. Forbes
  • 86. Rafflesia / Thomas Stamford Raffles
  • 87. Fungi / E. J. H. Corner
  • 88. Ant Plants / Henry O. Forbes
  • 89. Korthalsia / E. J. H. Corner
  • 90. Insects of Burma / F. Kingdon Ward
  • 91. Butterflies of Sulu / F. W. Burbidge
  • 92. Rajah Brooke's Birdwing / Henry O. Forbes
  • 93. Curious Butterflies / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 94. Butterfly Swarms / L. Wray, Jr.
  • 95. Catching Moths / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 96. Ornithoscatoids / Henry O. Forbes
  • 97. Fireflies / John Cameron
  • 98. Weaver Ants / Henry N. Ridley
  • 99. Leeches / George Maxwell
  • 100. Orang-utan / Spenser St John
  • 101. Game in Conchin-China / John White
  • 102. Hunting Sladang in Malaya / George Maxwell
  • 103. The Royal Elephant Hunt / P. A. Thompson
  • 104. Bearded Pig Migrations / E. Banks
  • 105. A Horde of Pork / Julian Caldecott and Serena Caldecott
  • 106. The Babirusa of Celebes / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 107. The Flying Lemur / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 108. Wallace's Flying Frog / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 109. Bats in Bamboo / Henry N. Ridley
  • 110. Boa and Pig / Anonymous
  • 111. The Irrawaddy Dolphin / John Anderson
  • 112. Turtles of Talang-talang / James Brooke
  • 113. The Vu Quang Ox / Vu Van Dung [et al.]
  • 114. The Great Contrast / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 115. Hornbill Casque / Henry O. Forbes
  • 116. Hornbill and Young / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 117. Megapodidae / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 118. The King Bird of Paradise / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 119. The Eastern Palaearctic Migration / Ian C. T. Nisbet
  • 120. First Wild Argus / William Beebe
  • 121. Cave Swiftlets / Lord Medway
  • 122. Klouwang and Its Caves / L. H. Wallon
  • 123. Caves at Sungei Batu / D. D. Daly
  • 124. The Dark Cave at Batu / William Beebe
  • 125. Caves at Biserat / W. W. Skeat
  • 126. Caves of Niah / Nigel Cameron
  • 127. Kain Hitam / Nigel Cameron
  • 128. Glaciation of Kinabalu / Lynne C. Myers
  • 129. Stegodonts from Flores / D. A. Hooijer
  • 130. Gold in Sumatra / Henry O. Forbes
  • 131. The Golden Coast of Kei / Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 132. A Hundred Flaming Lances / E. A. Powell
  • 133. Wrought in Amethysts / Campbell Dauncey
  • 134. Revelation / George Maxwell
  • 135. Envoi / Abdul Razak Bin Hassanudin.