New Guinea Diaries, 1871-1883
Author | : Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklaĭ |
Publisher | : Madang, P.N.G. : Kristen Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Anthropologists |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklaĭ |
Publisher | : Madang, P.N.G. : Kristen Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Anthropologists |
ISBN | : |
Non Aboriginal material.
Author | : Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklaĭ |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Anthropologists |
ISBN | : 9780977507818 |
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.
Author | : N N Miklouho-Maclay |
Publisher | : ETT Imprint |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2023-05-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1925280144 |
Pioneering ecologist and humanist N. N. Miklouho-Maclay lived at a time of great colonial and industrial expansion; he was a pupil of the German philosopher Ernst Haeckel. To prove that the people of all races are equally human, Maclay went to the island of New Guinea (1870), the first white man to do so and stayed years with native Papuans while the rest of the world presumed he had been eaten. His diaries are testimony to his time in New Guinea where he observed a native culture untouched by the outside world. Maclay describes his first meeting with the natives; "A few Papuans moved closer to me. Suddenly two arrows flashed in rapid succession close by me... As the first arrow passed me by, the eyes of many natives were fixed upon me, trying to read the impressions in my face; except for fatigue and curiosity, registered I no emotion." He was instead befriended by the Papuans; they called him Tamo Russ, believing that he had descended from the moon. The diaries were originally edited with the help of Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The books sold millions of copies in Eastern Europe. Maclay tried hard to save Papuans and their traditional culture and died disillusioned at the age of 42. He tried to revise Darwin's theory of the selection of the species and challenged the idea that certain races of people are born genetically superior. The New Guinea Diaries provide an authentic portrait of a timeless, sustainable and egalitarian tribal society before the Europeans moved into the area. The book is illustrated with original drawings made by Maclay during his New Guinean expedition.
Author | : Philip Strong |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Ambassadors |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sarah Johnston Chinnery |
Publisher | : National Library Australia |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0642106878 |
When Australian anthropologist E.W.P. Chinnery took his young Irish bride, Sarah, to Port Moresby in 1921, she did not imagine that the island of New Guinea-one of the most extraordinary regions on earth-would become her home for the next 16 years. Already a keen photographer, Sarah began recording her experiences in a daily diary.
Author | : N. Miklouho-MacLay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781875892570 |
Author | : Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklaĭ |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ernest C. Ford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Air pilots |
ISBN | : 9780979258398 |
None of the 6th Troop Carrier Squadron (6th TCS) pilots knew where they were when they landed in New Guinea on 13 October 1942, with their thirteen, unarmed C-47 aircraft. After parking their planes, the pilots were told, "If you survive after getting shot down, look out for sharks, be aware of alligators when crossing rivers, and yes, there are still many cannibals in New Guinea-if they catch you, they'll eat you. Don't forget the headhunters. If the Japs don't find you, the mosquitos certainly will. You'll have no radio or map-you'll be on your own. Good luck. Now get your trenches dug quickly, we'll be under a full-scale bombing attack in less than two hours." The dedication of the 6th TCS, the most highly decorated air transport squadron in World War II, was crucial to the success of Allied efforts to stem the tide of Japanese aggression. Just five miles from enemy lines, with snipers in the traffic pattern, their daily mission was to fly over some of the most challenging terrain on earth while evading Japanese Zeros. The 6th TCS had no maps, charts, radios, roads, fighter support, or fire-power. This "Diary" is a first-hand testimony from the man who was awarded six Distinguished Flying Crosses and flew 385 combat missions in two wars-the most in any U.S. military career prior to the Vietnam Conflict. Major Ernest C. Ford writes this blow-by-blow account with compelling detail of what it was like to be under constant attack with no way to fight back. His story is laced with reflective commentary on how his faith kept him going while pondering his favorite Bible verse, Isaiah 40:30, "à but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar on wings like eaglesà " Book jacket.
Author | : Peter Pinney |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781847996053 |
Johnno's illicit diary is from one man's attempt to record a slender thread of truth in the whole tangled fabric of the Wau-Salamaua fight; and it was all in tiny, cramped writing. You can hardly read it; I had good eyes then. And now it's starting to fade and discolour, and the binding has rotted; and I know it doesn't dovetail with a lot of glorifying bull written by patriotic war historians, but to my knowledge no one else kept any personal notes of those times, so I've had some rooster edit out the rubbish and knock the remainder into shape, and here it is.