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Seller's Description:
F in F jacket. F/F. 4to. original green boards gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. xx, 292, with illustrations. A fine copy. The book synthesises diaries from the Hagen-Sepik Patrol, which explored the Western Highlands of New Guinea between March 1938 and June 1939.
Publisher:
The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press
Published:
1998
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17044432253
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to. Foreword by Sir Rabbie L Namaliu. xx, 292pp, b/w illustrations, maps (one folding), glossary, index. Papered boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. The story of a journey of exploration, 3, 000 km by foot, from March 1938 to June 1939, through the mountains of the western highlands of Papua New Guinea. The Hagen-Sepik Patrol was Australia's last great exploring expedition. It mapped and described unknown country, made first contact with many Highland peoples, established outposts including Mount Hagen and found a major goldfield.