Adventure in the Sunda Seas
Author
Oskar Speck
(1907 - 1993)
Publisher
Berlin News
Date30 August 1938
Object numberANMS0542[028]
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumInk on paper
Copyright© Australian National Maritime Museum
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest
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....'
Oskar Speck
6 September 1938
June 2007
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