1895 Wood Engraving Bertha Lagoon Boat Native Tribe New Guinea Edward XGWB1 AR3 Educated in Paris and Antwerp

Educated in Paris and Antwerp

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1895 Wood Engraving Bertha Lagoon Boat Native Tribe New Guinea Edward XGWB1 AR3 Educated in Paris and AntwerpThis is an original 1895 black and white in text wood engraving of natives in Bertha Lagoon in New Guinea. In the distance is a mountain that is hard to see through the clouds. Edward Whymper Edward Whymper (1840 1911), the mountaineer, explorer, and illustrator, is remembered for being the first man to successfully ascend the Matterhorn of Switzerland in 1865. Whymper was born in London, England and was the second of eleven children. His elder