The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise
by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Synopsis
Of all the extraordinary Victorian travelogues, The Malay Archipelago has a fair claim to be the greatest - both as a beautiful, alarming, vivid and gripping account of some eight years’ travel across the entire Malay world - from Singapore to the western edges of New Guinea - and as the record of a great mind. As Wallace, often under conditions of terrible hardship and sickness, battles through jungles, lives with headhunters, and collects beetles, butterflies and birds-of-paradise, he makes discoveries about the workings of biology that have shaped our view of the world ever since.
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- Bookseller
- Xochis Bookstore and Gallery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 056286
- Title
- The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise
- Author
- Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint of 10th Editon
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Malaysia; Adventure & Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Stan;
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