1895 Wood Engraving Water Village Landscape Tupuselei New Guinea Edward XGWB1 XEK9 000 miles from home

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1895 Wood Engraving Water Village Landscape Tupuselei New Guinea Edward XGWB1 XEK9 000 miles from homeThis is an original 1895 black and white in text wood engraving of the village of Tupuselei 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