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The Siboga Expedition | Hydro International


April 12, 2021
The Indonesian archipelago is one of the world’s most beautiful archipelagos. Home to over 17,000 islands, mountains rising to over 5,000 metres, including over 70 historically active volcanoes, fabled spices, and a rich flora and fauna, Indonesia has beckoned fortune-seekers and naturalists for centuries. The shores of its far-flung islands are bathed by 2 oceans and at least 11 separate seas, making it a challenging area for hydrographers. In the late 19th century, Indonesia was administered by the Dutch and known as the Dutch East Indies.
The terrestrial flora and fauna of the area was fairly well known because of the work of the English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace between 1862 and 1869. Wallace, also known for being credited by Darwin as having independently formulated the theory of evolution, discovered that species west of a dividing line between Borneo and Sulawesi and between the Philippines and Halmahera were more closely related to Asian ....

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