Ebook: The Malay archipelago: the land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise: a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature

"Alfred Russel Wallace left to explore the islands of South-East Asia an obscure naturalist; he returned eight years later an acclaimed scientist and co-discoverer of the theory of evolution. This is his vivid, exhilarating and heroic account of his travels across the entire Malay world, from Singapore to the western edges of New Guinea ... he describes battling through jungles, enduring seasicknessd and fever, meeting head hunters, marvelling at birds of paradise and collecting countless new species as he made discoveries that changed our view of the world"--Publisher's description.