# The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1

_The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature_

By Alfred Russel Wallace.

"The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1" by Alfred Russel Wallace is a travel narrative published in 1869. It chronicles Wallace's eight-year scientific exploration from 1854 to 1862 across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and New Guinea. Wallace documented the physical geography, volcanoes, wildlife, and peoples of each island while collecting over 125,000 specimens. The work describes his travels across 14,000 miles, revealing biogeographic patterns that would establish the famous Wallace line dividing Asian and Australian fauna. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Natural history -- Malay Archipelago; Ethnology -- Malay Archipelago; Malay Archipelago -- Description and travel; Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 -- Travel -- Malay Archipelago

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