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Hurst & Blackett. London. 1937. First UK Edition;. pages 288 + 16 pages of period advertisements; 23 illustrations, 2 full page endpaper maps; ORIGINAL HARDCOVER in dark green cloth, titles in white print on spine in ORIGINAL UK EDITION FULL COLOR DUST JACKET (extremely rare); The dust jacket rear and front pictorials are complete as are the front and rear flaps; the spine of the dust jacket has a triangular chip on its bottom edge measuring 30mm x 15mm and a longish chip on the top edge measuring 65mm x 8mm deep, o/wise the book itself is in near fine condition. . Extremely Rare UK Edition. THIS TITLE IS RECOGNIZED AS "THE CLASSIC' OF NEW GUINEA EXPLORATION LITERATURE. Much sought after by collectors of New Guinea exploration classics. A first hand account of New Guinea exploration in the 1930's, the story of the first Europeans to enter into the New Guinea Highlands searching for gold which led to one of the major discoveries of the twentieth century - over a million primitive people living in the stone age, the last great adventure of New Guinea exploration, together with important first contact photographs. The interior of New Guinea hadlong been thought to be a mass of impenetrable mountain ranges and deep valleys, which maps of that time had labelled "probably uninhabited", but Michael Leahy, and his party, the first whitemen ever to effect entry into the heart of New Guinea, found densely populated long wide valleys and fertile plateaus. Leahy was subsequently honoured by the Royal Geographical Society in recognition of his discoveries in New Guinea.