Map of South Eastern Part of New Guinea, to illustrate the Explorations of Revd. J. Chalmers, L.M.S.'. A fine New Guinea exploration map centred on the work of Rev. James Chalmers of the London Missionary Society. Chalmers, later celebrated as the “Livingstone of New Guinea,” combined missionary work with coastal exploration, ethnographic observation and geographical reporting in the Gulf of Papua and south-eastern New Guinea. Published for the Royal Geographical Society, the map translates mission travel, coastal contact and indigenous route knowledge into a formal printed record of a still imperfectly mapped region. Chalmers’s later death at Goaribari Island in 1901, in circumstances widely reported at the time as involving cannibalism, gave his New Guinea work a powerful martyr-explorer narrative. . Royal Geographical Society / James Chalmers. Published February 1887. Antique Royal Geographical Society map with related text pages. Size 23 x 61 cm | 9.0 x 24.0 inches. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. This is a folding map. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. Tags: 1887, Map, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Royal Geographical Society, The Geographical Journal

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