Author: ROSENBERG, Carl Benjamin Hermann von.
Title: Reistochten naar de Geelvinkbaai op Nieuw-Guinea in de jaren 1869 en 1870.
Description: 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1875. 4to. Original printed boards (spine rep.). With frontispiece portrait of the author, 3 lithographed maps and charts (1 folding), 4 hand-coloured plates of birds and 13 tinted lithographed plates by P.W.M. Trap. XXIV,153 pp. First edition published under the auspices of the Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. - The German zoologist and geographer Von Rosenberg (1817-1888) arrived in the Dutch East Indies in 1840, and was immediately sent to Padang on Sumatra, in order to assist Franz Junghuhn. He travelled widely to places that were then little known between 1840-1870, exploring areas in Sumatra, the Moluccas, and certain regions of Teluk Cendrawasih (Geelvink Bay) of West Irian. He concentrates mainly on the natural environment of each region he visited, but also includes special sections on the people and their customs. This book on New Guinea is one of his best known publications, containing beautiful plates. - A fine copy. Tiele 939; Cat. NHSM I, p.181; Bastin-Brommer N 616; Landwehr, Coloured Plates, 419; Cat. KITLV p.34.

Keywords: Dutch travel Indonesia Indonesia ethnography Indonesia general Islands Jubileum cat. New Guinea indonesia exploration