A history of biogeography -- Patterns of biodiversity -- Patterns of distribution -- Communities and ecosystems -- The source of novelty -- Life, death and evolution on islands -- Living in the past -- The geography of life today -- Ice and change -- Transforming the planet -- Drawing lines in the water -- Interpreting the past: I. Molecular and isotopic biogeography -- Interpreting the past: II. Principles and practice -- Foretelling the future.