Title The New Guinea diaries 1871-1883 / by N.N. Miklouho-Maclay ; translation from the Russian edition and commentary essays by B. Wongar

Edition [New edition] Published Carnegie, Vic. : Dingo Books, 2007

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Description viii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm Summary Pioneering ecologist and humanist N. N. Miklouho-Maclay went to the island of New Guinea , the first white man to do so, to prove that the people of all races are equally human. He stayed with the Papuans, and his diaries are testimony to a native culture untouched by the outside world. Translated from Russian by B. Wongar from Australia Analysis Biography & autobiography (Papua New Guinea,Australia) Indigenous peoples Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography : 273-275 Notes Translated from Russian to English Subject Miklukho-Maklaĭ, Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich, 1846-1888. Ethnologists -- Russia -- Biography. Explorers -- Russia -- Biography. Scientists -- Russia -- Biography. Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea. SUBJECT Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002239 Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116520 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Wongar, B. ISBN 9780977507825 hardback 9780977507818 paperback

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