The Malay Archipelago · the Land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, With Studies of Man and Nature

A work of astounding scope and originality that provides some of the first evidence of the modern theory of evolution. Wallace, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, spent nearly a decade cataloging the plant and animal species which inhabited the unique geographical area of the Malay Archipelago, and remains to this day one of the most extensive works of natural history ever written.