Unbeaten Tracks in Islands of the Far East: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the 1880s

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Summary: A Great 19th Century Travelogue
Review: Written by the wife of English naturalist Henry Forbes, this book is a highly enjoyable account of a woman's travels to Indonesia where she joins her husband to travel via Ambon, Banda and other remote islands of the southern Moluccas to the Tanimbar Islands, whose people were still hunting heads at the time. It must be among the earliest descriptions of the latter, and contains a wealth of information.
After Maluku the couple travel on to Portuguese (now East) Timor.