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Botting, Douglas, Sketches By Janet Chandler

Island of the Dragon' Blood

1958

31,96 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1958
Lugar de impresión
New York. Wilfred Funk, Inc.
Autor
Botting, Douglas, Sketches By Janet Chandler
Edición
First American edition.
Materia
Travel - Africa Indian Ocean
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, [ii], 15-251 pp, illustrations from photos, drwgs, maps, glossary of Arab words, bibliog. original black cloth, lightly rubbed at edge, near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. One of the few books on the island of Socotra in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of east Africa, which describes the cave-dwelling aboriginal people, witchcraft, and the strange primitive forms of plant and animal life. The author was part of the Oxford University Expedition of 1956, the first since 1899 to explore the island.
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