North New Guinea expedition

Arthur Wichmann and his expedition member.
Map of Cenderawasih Bay, explored during the North New Guinea Expedition

The North New Guinea expedition (1903) was a Dutch expedition to the still largely unknown north coast of Dutch New Guinea for the purposes of scientific exploration and to seek exploitable coal resources.

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