Adventure in the Sunda Seas

Author Oskar Speck (1907 - 1993)

Publisher Berlin News

Date30 August 1938

Object numberANMS0542[028]

NameNewspaper clipping

MediumInk on paper

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest

Terms

DescriptionArticle in German includes: 'I arrived in the port of Probolinggo three days after leaving Surabaya. The western monsoon put in a final appearance: it was raining heavily day and night. There was no shelter whatsoever from the gusts of rain in the Madura Straits. Any sleep was out of the question due to attacks by swarms of blood-thirsty mosquitoes. So I was more than happy when I was warmly welcomed in the port by a compatriot and was able to catch up on sleep at his house....'