1879 Wood Engraving Samoa Island Pacific Ocean Canoe Sailboat Sailing XGS9 XDC2 Items from this collection

Items from this collection

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1879 Wood Engraving Samoa Island Pacific Ocean Canoe Sailboat Sailing XGS9 XDC2 Items from this collectionThis is an original 1879 black and white wood engraving of a seascape near the Independent State of Samoa. This image was procured from a rare portfolio of wood engravings and lithographs which delves into the culture and landscape of Australasia in the late 19th century. It accompanied the work of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 1913), the British anthropologist, biologist, and naturalist. Wallace is remembered for first proposing the theory correlating