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

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May 23, 1926 Splitsings Camp

Also spelled “Splitzings” Camp or “Splitingscamp” (in Dutch, “Splitsingsbivak” means “split/junction [in the river] camp”) this camp site, pre-dating the 1926 expedition, was located near the junction of River “A” and the Rouffaer River.

 

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