The naturalist A. E. Pratt spent two years collecting specimens in New Guinea, then almost unexplored by Europeans. After disappointments in the Dutch territory he strikes inland, makes camp in the mountains, crosses bays in tiny canoes and records the birds, insects and peoples he meets, together with the hardships of daily life in the field.
A vivid explorer-naturalist’s narrative, though its title and its views of Papuans are those of 1906. Download the free EPUB.