White on Black: Writings on Oceania

A Monograph and Translation Series: Pioneer Texts on Oceania in Manuscripts, Rare Journals, Pamphlets and Languages other than English

Volume 1: Early Accounts of Melanesian Cultures

Table of Contents

Articles

General Introduction
Friedegard Tomasetti, Garry Trompf
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Contents
Friedegard Tomasetti, Garry Trompf
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Geelvink Bay : Carl Wilhelm Ottow and Johann Gottlob Geissler, A Brief Survey of the Land and People on the Northeast Coast of New Guinea (Mansinam, 29 January 1857)
Jan A. Godschalk
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Rooke Island or Umboi

Extract from a Report on the Island of Rooke, 1855
Angelo Ambrosoli
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Extract of a Letter to his Family, 1855
Giovanni Mazzuconi
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On the Inhabitants of Rooke Island, East New Guinea, together with some Notes on New Guinea and Neighbouring Islands, 1858
Paolo Reina
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