"By Aeroplane to Pygmyland" Accounts of the 1926 Smithsonian-Dutch Expedition to New Guinea

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Location Subject:
Airplane Flights
Filename:
B025
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Airplane view of the Mamberamo River just before it emerges from the Van Rees Mountains. In the foreground are the Edi Rapids. This picture was made during high water. Normally rocks project above the surface of the water at this place.
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Quote from Stirling Journal:
...I was afraid we would not be able to get fine air pictures without a special air camera. (June 6)


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