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Rotberg, Robert

Joseph Thomson and the Exploration of Africa

1971

57.34 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1971
Place of printing
New York. Oxford University Press
Author
Rotberg, Robert
Edition
First American edition.
Keyword
Travel - Africa
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 360 pp, illus, 6 maps including double-page, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, small adhesion on front panel where price sticker was removed), signature on endpaper, else near fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Thomson ranked with Livingstone among the great British explorers of Africa, traveling in what is now Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco. He opened trade routes, made maps, and wrote books but died at the age of 37. This is his first full biography. The appendices show Thomson's outfit and expenses, a list of all the porters, and copies of the original treaties made by Thomson on behalf of the British South Africa Company. Thompson's articles and books are listed.