Archipelago 
Subtitle: Islands of Indonesia
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 23, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780520215764
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Conservation of the environment; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; General; Animal Geography; Travel; Nature; Naturalists; Nature/Ecology; Indonesia; Life Sciences - Ecology; Earth Sciences - Geography; Nature / General; Wallace, Alfred Russel,; Zoogeography; 1823-1913; Biography; England; Malay Archipelago; Natural History
First sentence: Examine the infant Alfred Russel Wallace as a biological specimen, a form of life on earth, and the odds against his survival would appear statistically daunting.