Proclamation on behalf of Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria ... establishing a protectorate ... over a portion of New Guinea and the islands adjacent thereto [manuscript]. 1884.

Great Britain. Sovereign (1837-1901 : Victoria)

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Erskine, James Elphinstone, 1838-1911

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William Bede Dalley was the editor of the book "Narrative of the Expedition to the Australian Squadron to New Guinea". James Erskine was an officer in the Royal Navy and led the expedition to New Guinea in 1884, which annexed Papua to Britain. From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. 1884. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225721779 ...

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...