Geelvink Bay
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General Nijusan Adachi, with headquarters at Madang; the Second, spread from Geelvink Bay to Vogelkop's beak at Sorong.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dutch missionaries have for many years been stationed around the coast of Geelvink Bay.
From Adventures in New Guinea by Chalmers, James
In some parts of Geelvink Bay, however, the bodies of the dead are treated differently.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
In 1793, New Guinea was annexed by two of the East p. 9India Company’s commanders, and an island in Geelvink Bay, Manasvari by name, was for a time held by their troops.
From Adventures in New Guinea by Chalmers, James
It is in regard to the natives who inhabit the coasts or islands of Geelvink Bay that our information is perhaps least imperfect, and it is accordingly with them that I shall begin.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
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