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1 Introduction
2 The rise and decline of the Spice Islands
3 The plume trade: the demands of
Asian traders and the first birds
of paradise to reach Europe
4 The plume trade:
the demands of natural historians
5 The plume trade: the demands of
fashion-conscious European women and
the growth of the conservation movement
6 Sultans, suzerains and the
colonial division of New Guinea
7 Collecting and trading in
the Raja Empat Islands,
the Bird’s Head and Cendrawasih Bay
8 The massoy, trepang and
plume trade of Onin, Kowiai and Mimika
(Southwest New Guinea)
9 Trade with the Aru Islands and
Trans Fly Coast of New Guinea
10 Copra, birds and profits
in the Merauke region
11 Bronzes and plume hunting in the
Jayapura (Hollandia) region
12 Plumes fund economic development
in Kaiser Wilhelmsland
13 Conservationists protect Papua’s birds
14 Trade cycles in outer Southeast Asia
and their impact on New Guinea
and nearby islands until 1920
Contribution 1 Mysteries of origin: early traders
and heroes in the Trans-Fly Roy Wagner
Contribution 2 Oral traditions about early trade
by Indonesians in southwest
Papua New Guinea Billai Laba
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