Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition
In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, recent Harvard University graduate, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people.
The results of his self-funded expedition is an extraordinary collection of hundreds of artifacts, photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and letters left untouched for 85 years.
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LOT 171:
3 Maps of New Guinea in 1961, 1962, and 1964
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3 Maps of New Guinea in 1961, 1962, and 1964
1961 Map of Hollandia Netherlands New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea (23" x 58" )
1962 Map of Fly River Netherlands New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea - Territory of Papua (23.5" x 59")
1964 Map of Territory of Papua and New Guinea (29.5" x 75").
Maps are compiled and drawn by the Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development, Canberra, ACT.
All maps have staining, tears and holes.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1960's
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
