German Naval Chart of The Hermit Islands, Papua New Guinea Date of Publication_1935 would shortly find fame during

would shortly find fame during the Battle of Britain

numbered in the press

after Germany began to colonise the north

widely considered to be the most magnificent work of its kind ever published

German Naval Chart of The Hermit Islands, Papua New Guinea Date of Publication_1935 would shortly find fame duringStiller Ozean Hermit Inseln This is a German chart of the Hermit Islands in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. German New Guinea, a German protectorate between 1884 and its surrender to Australian troops in 1914, formed the first part of the German colonial empire. Condition & Materials Imperial German Naval Office chart, sheet size 66. 5 x 90 cm, engraved by F. Mllhaupt, black and white, centrefold, date stamped 18 November 1908, blank