Deutsch-Neuguinea und meine Ersteigung des Finisterre-Gebirges
Eine Schilderung des ersten erfolgreichen Vordringens zu den hochgebirgen Inner-Neuguineas, der Natur des Landes, der Sitten der Eingeborenen und des gegenwaïrtigen Standes

First published in 1891, this early expedition report about the interior of New Guinea contains scientific, anthropological and linguistic data.

Hugo Zöller (Author)

9781108007313, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 February 2010

652 pages, 24 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.94 kg

Hugo Zöller (1852–1933) was a German journalist and explorer who travelled to South America, West Africa and New Guinea in the course of his exciting career. This book is an account, first published in 1891, of his expedition to New Guinea in 1888, during which he became the first European to explore the island's mountainous interior. He describes the German colonial settlements on the coast, the logistical preparations for his mission, the climate, geology, flora and fauna of the island, the indigenous peoples and their customs, the local languages, to which he devotes a substantial chapter, and the hardships and highlights of the journey. The appendix contains a timeline listing European activity around New Guinea from 1526 to 1891 and a glossary in tabular form listing 300 words in 45 indigenous languages. A bibliography and index are also included, and the book contains drawings, photographs and maps.

Vorwort
1. Finschhafen
2. Europäer-Leben
3. Das Arbeitermaterial
4. Konstantinshafen
5. Meine Expedition zur Ersteigung des Finisterre-Gebirges
6. Jenseits der Grenzen des Unerforschten
7. Die ersten weissen Männer in der Hochgebirgswelt des Innern
8. Hatzfeldthafen und die Admiralitäts-Inseln
9. Natürliche Hilfsquellen, Plantagenbau und Rentabilitätsfrage
10. Die Verwaltung
11. Klima und Gesundheitsverhältnisse
12. Leben und Sitten der Eingeborenen von Deutsch-Neuguinea
13. Weitere Schwarzbraune Studien
14. Der Bismarck-Archipel
15. Die deutschen Salomo-Inseln
16. Die Papua-Sprachen unseres Südsee-Schutzgebiets
Anhang.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]