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The Malay Archipelago

₹450.00

Explore 19th-century Southeast Asia with Alfred Russel Wallace's thrilling travelogue & scientific discoveries!

Category Report
Publisher Penguin Random House
Language English
Year 2016
Format Paperback
Tags History , Natural History , Science , Travel

Description

'I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head' The great Victorian scientist's heroic adventures across South-East Asia, from Singapore to the wilds of New Guinea, encountering head-hunters, jungles, birds of paradise and new discoveries that would change the world.A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.