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James, Wendy, Gerd Baumann And Douglas H. Johnson

Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa 1880-1883

1996

62,98 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1996
Lugar de impresión
London. The Hakluyt Society
Autor
James, Wendy, Gerd Baumann And Douglas H. Johnson
Edición
First Edition.
Materia
Travel - Africa Hakluyt Society
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; cvii, 391 pp, frontis (portrait), illus, plates, maps including 2 in color, bibliog, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine, clean and bright. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Schuver traveled up the Blue Nile in 1880 in order to find a new route to the East African coast, spent time in the hills of the upper Blue Nile and the eastern watershed of the White Nile but was murdered when traveling into Dinka country. This is the first English account of his travels, the only other being an edited German version in 1883. The appendices include some original source material such as Schuver's letters, his notes on African languages and word lists, detailed diary notes, etc.