Slide set: The first crossing of the Fly River to the Sepik, New Guinea (lecture: Royal Geographical Society, 36 slides, 1929)

Set details Slide listing

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Slide 2

Slide 3

Slide 4

Type of raft, constructed for the journey to the coast 625 miles

Slide 5

Palmer river above 625 mile mark, flowing between limestone walls

Slide 6

Slide 7

Mount Donaldson looking south-west from Mount Blücher

Slide 8

Slide 9

Mount Blücher seen from upper reaches of White river

Slide 10

Upper reaches of White river: Mount Jangom landslide in distance

Slide 11

Source of White river in face of Mount Jungom

Slide 12

Mount Mabiom round the base of which flows the Luap. Mount Sare in distance

Slide 13

Slide 17

Slide 18

Nap mountain. Climbed from Bolivip village

Slide 19

Native of Bolivap. Upper Fly river district

Slide 20

Native of Bolivip. Upper Fly river district

Slide 21

Slide 23

Slide 24

First camp on headwaters of Sepik, six miles below source

Slide 26

Slide 28

Construction of suspension bridge and carrying gear across the Hoffnung river. Span 52 yards

Slide 29

Constructing suspension bridge and carrying gear across the Hoffnung river. Span 52 yards

Slide 30

Sepik river 15 miles below the Mountain Gate

Slide 31

View of the Sepik river in the 3rd or c. section of the river as described in the article

Slide 32

Slide 33

Natives of the middle reaches of the Sepik

Slide 34

Elaborate carving on Sepik river canoe: stone implements used

Slide 35

Part of the Star mountains near the Dutch boundary

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Royal Geographical Society, England

Main type of image

photograph

Main usage of set

lecture

Date of first manufacture

1929

Reading or song

C.H. Karius, ‘Exploration in the interior of Papua and North-East New Guinea: the sources of the Fly, Palmer, Strickland, and Sepik Rivers’ in Geographical Journal

Events where this set was shown

The first crossing of the Fly River to the Sepik, New Guinea (lantern lecture, London, England, 7 January 1929)

Notes

The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) catalogue index card states:

'29 slides made to illustrate a paper by C.H. Karius on 'The first crossing of the Fly River to the Sepik, New Guinea', read by A.F.R. Wollaston, 7th January 1929'.

See 'The Geographical Journal', Vol. 74, No. 4 (Oct., 1929), pp. 305-320.

This collection originally comprised 36 slides - 7 destroyed/faded, April 1953.

Collections

29 slides in Royal Geographical Society Collection

Subject keywords

imperialism – British Empire
science – geography
science – anthropology

Lucerna ID 3009067

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Slide set: The first crossing of the Fly River to the Sepik, New Guinea (lecture: Royal Geographical Society, 36 slides, 1929)