National Geographic September 1929

Into Primeval Papua by Seaplane: Seeking Disease- resisting Sugar Cane, Scientists Find Neolithic Man in Unmapped Nooks of Sorcery and Cannibalism
Bonuses of a successful search for new strains of sugarcane include updated maps of New Guinean lakes and rivers and a slew of native weapons.
A Vacation in Holland
Spending a summer in a rented cottage on the North Sea, the author and his family enjoy local beaches and markets, and indulge in sight- seeing trips to Delft, Haarlem, and Amsterdam.
Through Java in Pursuit of Color
Roving through Java, an island roughly equivalent to New York State in square mileage, a photographer captures his subjects’ invigorating culture in both color and black- and- white.