Comment: Evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace’s first expedition ended in flames
The two split up early on, with, and Bates on the southern fork, the Solimões.
Wallace and Bates sporadically sent back shipments of material to their agent in London, Samuel Stevens, who publicized their adventures in scientific journals and sold their specimens, taking a 20% commission.Wallace’s journeys on the Rio Negro and its tributaries took him into areas that had not yet been visited by Europeans. He saw an extraordinary array of species, many of them new to science.
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