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, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. The whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. This book is not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.