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A review of Naturalists in Paradise by John Hemming describes how the naturalist Russell Wallace helped solve the problem of the origin of the species

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  • Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon

    John Hemming

    Thames & Hudson, pp. 368

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