Traveling to the shore of Maclay. A book in a collection leather binding of two types of skin with a painted and gilded wiper

The famous Russian traveler and ethnographer N.N. Miklukho-Maclay discovered the unique nature of the New Guinea and the exotic culture of the Aborigines with the civilized world. In his diaries, he spoke about life and adventures among the wild tribes of the Maclay coast (named so during his lifetime). Now in those places there are aircraft of tourist airlines, but the Russian researcher and naturalist were the first to go down the ladder to the shore of the mysterious Papuasia. The selected works of the outstanding Russian ethnographer included diary entries and articles that tell about visits to New Guinea in the 70s of the XIX century, about life among the Aborigines, about the study of the nature and population of this region of Melanesia. The publication is richly illustrated and addressed to everyone who is interested in travel, nature, exotic cultures of the Earth.