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Recent Discoveries in New Guinea; and Papua or Papooa?

Nature volume 14, pages 48–49 (1876)Cite this article

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THE ascent for ninety miles of a fine river in the south-east portion of New Guinea, in September last, by the mission vessel Ellengowan, has doubtless, before now, been made known in England (NATURE, vol. xiii. p. 76).

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