Unexplored New Guinea Wilfred Beaver – First Edition 1920 | Voyager Rare Books Maps & Prints

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Unexplored New Guinea Wilfred Beaver – First Edition 1920

Unexplored New Guinea Wilfred Beaver – First Edition 1920

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A scarce first edition… a record of the travels, adventures and experiences of a resident magistrate amongst the headhunting savages and cannibals of the unexplored interior of New Guinea.

Beaver was twenty-seven years resident magistrate in the Western District.

Published by Seeley, Service & Co, London in 1920. Thick octavo, 320 pages. Nicely illustrated with 34 photographs taken by the author and 4 maps. With a focus on the extreme West – the Fly River, Kiwai Island, The Girara Tribes, The Bamu, Gama and Turama. Much on religious beliefs and practices. A very good copy.

Another rare PNG book at Voyager – Beaver up the Fly

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