ADVENTURES IN NEW GUINEA
ADVENTURES IN NEW GUINEA

Author: James Chalmers

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-11

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1365502279

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This volume is a piece of history. It is a document of courage, exploration and first contact. Beyond this, it is a chronicle of the spiritual history of a people. James Chalmers was an early pioneer missionary with a call to reach the far-flung tribes of New Guinea. This simple mission became heroically monumental considering that the country was wild and unknown; the land and its inhabitants were uncharted; and the people themselves were headhunters! ""'Wherever there are men, missionaries are bound to go.'" Thus begins the exciting story of one of the great missions efforts in a land and to tribal peoples who are even now considered largely unreached. Discover for yourself the power of the gospel to change people, mold nations and bring us into our destiny! The DNA of these early missionaries is an important piece for us to grasp as we step forward into the end of the ages!

Adventures in the Stone Age
Adventures in the Stone Age

Author: Leopold Jaroslav Pospíšil

Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press

Published: 2021-11-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 8024647516

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When Leopold Pospíšil first arrived in New Guinea in 1954 to investigate the legal systems of the local tribes, he was warned about the Kapauku who reputedly had no laws. Dubious that any society could exist without laws, Pospíšil immediately decided to live among and study the Kapauku. Learning the language and living as a participant-observer among the Kapauku, Pospíšil discovers that the supposedly primitive society possesses laws, rules, and social structures that are as sophisticated as they are logical. Having survived the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and fled the Communist regime, Pospíšil has little patience for the notion that so-called advanced civilizations are superior to the ‘stone age’ society in which he now lives. On the basis of his research and experiences among the Kapauku – he would stay with them five times between 1954 and 1979 – Pospíšil pioneered in the field of legal anthropology, holding a professorship at Yale, serving as the anthropology curator of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and publishing three books of scholarship on the Kapauku law. As Jaroslav Jiřík and Martin Soukup write in their afterword, however, “His three previously published works are about the Kapauku; this one is about the anthropologist among the Kapauku.” The memoir is filled with charming anecdotes and thrilling stories of trials, travels, and war – told with humor and humility—and accompanied by a wealth of the author’s personal photos from the time.

Travels in Papua New Guinea
Travels in Papua New Guinea

Author: Christina Dodwell

Publisher: Long Riders Guild Press

Published: 2005-11

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781590481554

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This is the remarkable and highly entertaining story of a young English woman who made a two-year expedition through the highlands and jungles, and along the rivers, of Papua New Guinea - alone. 1,000 miles of this journey was undertaken on a stallion called "Horse." Christina had many adventures and hair-raising moments, yet this courageous woman makes light of all of them. Christina continues the tradition of such renowned travellers as Gertrude Bell, Isabella Bird and Ella Maillart.

Explorations Into Highland New Guinea, 1930-1935
Explorations Into Highland New Guinea, 1930-1935

Author: Michael J. Leahy

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 1991-08-30

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0817304460

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Explorations into Highland New Guinea, 1930-1935 is the diary of five years spent in hot pursuit--not of honor and glory, but of excitement and riches--by one such adventurer, Michael "Mick" Leahy, his brothers Jim and Pat, and friends Mick Dwyer and Jim Taylor.

Birds of New Guinea
Birds of New Guinea

Author: Thane K. Pratt

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 0691095639

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Previous edition by Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt, and Dale A. Zimmerman.

Walking with Ghosts in Papua New Guinea
Walking with Ghosts in Papua New Guinea

Author: Rick Antonson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2019-09-10

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1510705686

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Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson (Full Moon Over Noah’s Ark) tackles his most challenging adventure yet: a formidable trail through the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea. Rick Antonson has traveled to parts of the world that are not simply exotic but sometimes damned near inaccessible. He has climbed to the summit of Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, traveling beyond to Iraq and Iran and Armenia. He has undertaken an improbable overland journey to the ancient city of Timbuktu, an enlightening look into efforts to preserve the city’s priceless manuscripts. Now he has traversed the notorious Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea, a country some call “the last wild place on earth.” The trail is a narrow, 60-mile footpath featuring rough jungle, 6,000 feet in elevation change, and punishing weather extremes. In a country unfairly locked in Western misperceptions, the track is inhospitable terrain yet home to hospitable indigenous peoples, who live among the rusting reminders of the Japanese, Australian, and American armies that clashed in some of the deadliest protracted combat of World War II. In Walking With Ghosts in Papua New Guinea, Antonson shares a journey of physical and mental endurance in his inimitable way, in the company of a mixed band of resolute adventurers, blending fascinating historical context with the tribulations of unexpected discoveries in faraway lands.

The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo
The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo

Author: Beth Whitman

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780978728069

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Enhanced with anecdotes and bolded messages, a travel guide for women of all ages offers practical advice on packing, planning, and safety, along with a full list of website resources and advice on the latest travel technology.