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Samoafahrten: Reisen in Kaiser Wilhelms-Land und Englisch-Neu-Guinea in den Jahren 1884 u. 1885 an Bord des deutschen Dampfers "Samoa"

Abstract

Rare ethnographical work on New Guinea by the ethnographer and naturalist Otto Finsch (1839-1917). The title is misleading, and does not relate to the Samoan Islands, but rather to the ship “Samoa” Finsch travelled on. Text volume in German; Atlas text in German, English and French.
Date
1888-01-01
Place
New Ireland
New Britain
Subject
Category
Author
Finsch, Otto
Publisher
Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn
Keywords
description of landscape and Aboriginal people
Current holder
Link
Item number
4734674
Access rights
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Rights
Out of Copyright
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1884 to 1885
Description from source
390 p. 11 pl., front. (port.) ill., 6 maps in the text., 23 cm + 1 Atlas (56 p., 24 leaves of plates: ill., 29 cm.
Hallstrom Pacific Collection (Hallstrom no. 46)

Rare ethnographical work on New Guinea by the ethnographer and naturalist Otto Finsch (1839-1917). The title is misleading, and does not relate to the Samoan Islands, but rather to the ship “Samoa” Finsch travelled on
Physical format
Books
Maps
Bibliographic citation
Place of Publication
Leipzig
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