Wonders of nature in South-East Asia /
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Author / Creator: | Cranbrook, Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Earl of, 1933- |
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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 |
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.