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This chapter discusses British anthropological views of Papuans from 1820-1869. It focuses on three British authors from this era - John Crawfurd, George Windsor Earl, and Alfred Russel Wallace - who published their observations on the physical and moral characteristics of Papuans. Their views helped shape metropolitan debates about human racial difference and categorization in this period. The chapter examines how these authors emphasized field observation and presence, regional comparisons between populat

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Mul Adi

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