author
L. A. C. M. (Ludovicus Antonius Carel Maria) Doorman
1891–1955
A Dutch naval officer and explorer, he helped document early twentieth-century expeditions in New Guinea and turned firsthand experience into vivid travel writing. His work offers a close-up view of exploration, geography, and colonial-era adventure.
1 Audiobook
Nieuw-Guinee en de exploratie der "Meervlakte" De Aarde en haar Volken, 1918
by J. W. Langeler, L. A. C. M. (Ludovicus Antonius Carel Maria) Doorman
About the author
Born in Gouderak in 1891, Ludovicus Antonius Carel Maria Doorman served in the Royal Netherlands Navy. He is also remembered as a collector and explorer connected with work in New Guinea, where the Doorman River and Doormantop were named after him.
As a writer, he is best known for Nieuw-Guinee en de exploratie der "Meervlakte", a Dutch account of exploration in New Guinea written with A. M. Langeler. The book draws on expedition experience and reflects the curiosity, hazards, and scientific interest that shaped travel literature of its time.
Doorman died in Amsterdam in 1955. Today, his name survives both through his published work and through the geographic and historical record of Dutch exploration.