Pioneering in New Guinea

Ex-library. Some library rubber stamps and markings. Some dampstains to page edges and margins of endpapers.; No date [c1910]. vi, [2], 312 pages + frontispiece + 6 plates. Brown cloth boards with black illustration and gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 197 x 126mm. "This volume contains sketches of travels and labours in New Guinea during the years 1878 to 1886." - from the Editor's Preface. Contents: Preparing for the Trading Voyages; Among the Cannibals of the Gulf; Tribal Wars - I. The Doura II. The Kabadi III. The Koitabu; Peace-making at Kabadi in 1884, and at Gubele in 1885; With Commodore Erskine Proclaiming the Protectorate; Trips on Board H.M. Ships Raven and Dart; With Major-General Sir Peter Scratchely; Pioneer Mission Work in 1884; Some New Guinea Celebrities; An Adventurous Journey on the Gulf of Padua; The First Trip of the Launch Miro; The Miro on the Fly River; The Habits, Customs, and Beliefs of the Motu and Motumotu; Index. Illustrations: A Port Moresby Girl; Lakatois in Full Sail; Tupuselei; A Dobo for Women at Koiara; In Camp at Toutou with Sir Peter Scratchley; A Street in an Aroma Village; Lohia Maraga and other Koiari Chiefs.

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Publisher: The Religious Tract Society

Year: [c1910]

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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