B.O. van Zanten The Star Mountains expedition to Dutch New Guinea in 1959

personal experiences and impressions

In 1959 the Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap (KNAG), together with the Rijksherbarium Leiden organised a multi-disciplinary expedition. This was a remarkable expedition because it was destined to explore the Star Mountains of what was then Dutch New-Guinea. The Star Mountains on the Central Mountain Range were the last area of Dutch New-Guinea not yet under Dutch control or governance. Hardly anything was known about this area, it was even questionable whether there were actually...

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Engels | 200 pagina's (PDF, 2,2 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2021

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