1895 Wood Engraving Mangrove Swamp Marsh Water Forest New Guinea Edward XGWB1 XEJA6 Ethnography

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1895 Wood Engraving Mangrove Swamp Marsh Water Forest New Guinea Edward XGWB1 XEJA6 EthnographyThis is an original 1895 black and white in text wood engraving of a Mangrove Swamp in New Guinea. Edward Whymper Edward Whymper (1840 1911), the mountaineer, explorer, and illustrator, is remembered for being the first man to successfully ascend the Matterhorn of Switzerland in 1865. Whymper was born in London, England and was the second of eleven children. His elder brother Frederick was also an artist and explorer, and became a celebrated wood