Having braved crocodile-infested waters, Stamford Raffles and William Farquhar landed on an island where tigers, leopards and boar roamed the thickly forested hills. The thriving city of Singapore now belies its wild beginnings, but over the last 20 years Singaporeans have completed an ambitious project to beautify the island by preserving many of its tropical trees, plants and flowers, and even some of its exotic mango swamps. Illustrated throughout, this book explores the new parks and gardens that have transformed both the look and the environment of Singapore.
- ISBN10 0195885880
- ISBN13 9780195885880
- Publish Date 1 July 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 May 2000
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Oxford University Press Australia
- Imprint OUP Australia and New Zealand
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 74
- Language English