New Guinea's highland people had never had contact with Europeans, and the interior was unmapped. A government official, Bragge, led an expedition of 101 people, including bearers and staff, to plan a journey by river and tributary to areas with cleared trees, believed to be "gardens" where natives grew food.
A Blank on the Map
Sir David Attenborough narrates a government-sponsored expedition into the central New Guinea highlands to make contact with a previously unknown tribe of natives.
