Alfred Russel Wallace's Malay Archipelago Research (1854–1862)

1. Wallace arrives in Singapore to begin surveys

   Apr 19, 1854Labels: Alfred Russel, Singapore

   • Britannica
   • Wallace Bio

2. Field collecting expands across Borneo

   Feb 1, 1855Labels: Borneo, Sarawak

   • WKU Sarawak
   • Wallace Bio

3. Sarawak Law paper proposes pattern of species origins

   Sep 1, 1855Labels: Sarawak Law, Wallace

   • WKU Sarawak
   • WKU Text

4. Ternate Essay outlines natural selection mechanism

   Feb 1, 1858Labels: Ternate, natural selection

   • Darwin Project
   • Wallace Fund

5. Darwin receives Wallace’s essay in England

   Jun 18, 1858Labels: Charles Darwin, Wallace

   • Linnean
   • Darwin Essay

6. Joint Darwin–Wallace natural selection papers presented

   Jul 1, 1858Labels: Linnean Society, Darwin Wallace

   • Linnean
   • On Tendency

7. Standardwing bird-of-paradise discovered on Bacan

   Oct 1, 1858Labels: Standardwing, Bacan

   • Wallace Fund
   • WorldBirdNames

8. Wallace documents a major faunal boundary

   Jan 1, 1859Labels: Wallace Line, island biogeography

   • Wallace Line
   • Britannica

9. Wallace describes Wallace’s golden birdwing

   Jan 1, 1859Labels: Wallace s, Maluku

   • Golden Birdwing
   • EOL

10. Wallace’s “zoological geography” paper is published

    Jan 1, 1860Labels: Zoological geography, Wallace

    • Wallace Line
    • Britannica

11. Wallace leaves Singapore to return to Britain

    Feb 8, 1862Labels: Singapore, expedition end

    • Wallace Timeline
    • Britannica

12. Wallace returns to England and begins synthesis

    Jul 1, 1862Labels: England, Wallace

    • Britannica
    • Wallace Letters

13. The Malay Archipelago book publishes expedition narrative

    Jan 1, 1869Labels: The Malay, Wallace

    • BHL
    • Malay Archipelago