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A. E. (Antwerp Edgar) Pratt
1852–1924
A Victorian explorer-naturalist with a taste for remote frontiers, he turned years of collecting and travel into vivid books about Tibet, China, and New Guinea.
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Two Years Among New Guinea Cannibals A Naturalist's Sojourn Among the Aborigines of Unexplored New Guinea
by A. E. (Antwerp Edgar) Pratt
About the author
Antwerp Edgar Pratt (1852–1924) was an English naturalist, explorer, and author, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is remembered for traveling widely in Asia and New Guinea and for collecting plants, insects, and other animals during the late Victorian era.
His books grew out of firsthand journeys, including To the Snows of Tibet through China and Two Years Among New Guinea Cannibals. Those works blend travel writing with close observation of landscapes, wildlife, and the people he encountered, giving modern readers a window into the ambitions and attitudes of exploration in his time.
Pratt’s name also appears often in natural history circles because of the specimens he gathered and the scientific interest they inspired. For audiobook listeners, he stands out as a writer whose adventures came straight from the field, with all the curiosity, danger, and period detail that implies.