Carl Emil Pettersson

Carl Emil Pettersson

In 1904, a Swedish sailor shipwrecked on an island in Papua New Guinea inhabited by cannibalistic tribals. He was carried to their king, whose daughter fell in love with him. He married the king's daughter and after his death became king of the Island.

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