Title
Introduction
Background
Exploration
Encounter
People & Culture Encounters
Nature Encounters
Idea Encounters
Exchange
Cultural Exchange
Scientific Exchange
Significance
Behind the Scenes
Process Paper
Annotated Bibliography
Cultural Exchange
Wallace lived among the natives. They learned and shared each others' cultures.
Simplicity
Wallace admired the simple, but clever, design of the natives' dress, language, bridges and tools.
Wallace, on Dayaks' dress in Tabókan. [Chapter V, 'The Malay Archipelago']
Bidayuh (Hill) and Iban (Sea) Dayak in chawat [Wellcome Images]
Wallace, on the simplicity of Portuguese spoken at Malacca [Chapter III, 'The Malay Archipelago']
A Dayak Bamboo Bridge [hortlog.blogspot.com, 2008]
Bamboo bridge in Kuching, Sarawak [Tripadvisor, 2010]
Wallace, on the Dayak's bridges in Borneo [Chapter V, 'The Malay Archipelago']
Wallace, on tools for making guns in Lombock [Chapter XI, 'The Malay Archipelago']
Sultan
He visited the Sultan of the Bacan Islands in 1858.
Sultan of Batjan, Pulau Bacan, Indonesia [Michael Graham-Stewart / Bridgeman Images]
Wallace, on meeting the Sultan of Bacan Islands [Chapter XXIV, 'The Malay Archipelago']
Natives
Many locals did not understand why Wallace would do something so ridiculous as collecting dead animals.
Wallace, on a Kei Islander [Chapter XXIX, 'The Malay Archipelago]
Wallace, on an Aru Islander [Chapter XXXI, 'The Malay Archipelago]
Wallace, on Bacan Islanders [Chapter XXIV, 'The Malay Archipelago']
Children
Wallace was also interested in the native children's games.
Wallace, on sharing games with children in Borotói [Chapter V, 'The Malay Archipelago']
Boys playing Gasing (top) game [letterhash.blogspot.com]
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Title
Introduction
Background
Exploration
Encounter
People & Culture Encounters
Nature Encounters
Idea Encounters
Exchange
Cultural Exchange
Scientific Exchange
Significance
Behind the Scenes
Process Paper
Annotated Bibliography