Search for New Guinea's boundaries: from Torres Strait to the Pacific

by Paul W. Van Der Veur

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First edition

Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1966. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 176; frontispiece, 7 illustrations primarily from photographs on rectos and versos of 2 plates, plus 17 maps in the text; fine copy in a very good dust jacket. This is the first study of the origin and evolution of the borders that Western powers have imposed upon New Guinea. Making extensive use of diplomatic correspondence, official documents, and Australian and Dutch patrol

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