
The Malay Archipelago
Famed amongst students and scholars as the originator of Wallace, an imaginary line which marks the transition zone from Asia to Australasia flora and fauna, Wallace spent nearly a decade cataloguing plant and animal species which inhabited the unique geographical area of the Malay Archipelago.
"The original and still the best book about the flora, fauna and general culture of the spice islands of Indonesia", Nick Nugent, former Asia Editor, BBC World Service