Author: KUENEN, PH. H.,
Title: Kruistochten over de Indische Diepzeebekkens. Anderhalf jaar als Geoloog aan boord van Hr.Ms. Willebrod Snellius. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: 's-Gravenhage, H.P. Leopold, 1941. Original cloth, gilded cover-title with small gilded illustration, gilded title on spine. (xiii), 220pp. Frontispiece, captioned monochrome illustrations after photographs on 10 plates, many figures, diagrams and geological profiles (of volcanoes) in text and full-page, small track-map, some other sketchmaps in text. Dutch language account by a geologist on board of Hr.Ms. Snellius, a popularized report of his experiences during the famlus Snellius Expedition 1929, the first exploration of the geology and volcanology of East Indonesian deep-sea waters. Very good copy.

Keywords: geology exploration deepsea ntt snellius expedition report narrative volcanology easternindonesia colonialism indonesia southeastasia exploration history