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

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Annotations to the Journal of Stanley Hedberg
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June 5, 1926 Swartz Valley

Likely referring to the 1920 Dutch expedition led by A.A.J. van Overeem. Stirling refers to this as the “Swart Valley,” but it is also known today as the Toli River/Valley.
 

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