Author: LUDEKING, E.W.A.
Title: Schets van de residentie Amboina.
Description: 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1868. Original printed wrappers. With lithographed frontispiece depicting Marahoenoe (Ceram) after W.C.T. Goldman and folding table. 274 pp. First edition. - General description, with emphasis on health and medical care by Everhardus Wijnandus Adrianus Lüdeking (1830 - 1877), a medical doctor who worked on Ambon from 1861 untill 1864, of the Residency Ambon. After a survey of geography, geology, flora and fauna, a description is given of the population. An extensive glossary of medical terminology, and names of plants, animals and other foodstuffs is at the end in the following languages: Dutch, Ambonese, Batumerah, Alang, Waai, Hitulama/Hila, Larike, Asilulu, Nusa Laut, Saparua, Haruku, Kayeli (Buru), Hoti, Hatuwe, Lisabata, Buria, Murnaten, Amaba and Alfur (Seram). Tiele 701; Polman, The Central Moluccas 114; Ruinen A 59.

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