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Decle, Lionel, Introduction By H. M. Stanley

Three Years in Savage Africa

1898

329,00 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1898
Lugar de impresión
London. Methuen & Co.
Autor
Decle, Lionel, Introduction By H. M. Stanley
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - Africa Native Peoples
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xxxi, 594, 40 (publisher's catalogue dated February 1898) pp, frontis (port), 100 illustrations from photos & drwgs, 5 maps, mostly folding and colored, plus a plan, index. original pictorial cloth with leopard motif, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, lightly rubbed, new endpapers, a clean, very good, a sound and tight copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Not in Work. Czech 46. Mendelssohn I, 427: 'Four different zones of exploration were traversed, i.e., South Africa, Nyassland, Tanganyika and Equatorial zones, the whole representing the longest journey that has yet been achieved at one stretch from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. . . a valuable account of the religion, customs, and superstitions of the people, with a description of Victoria Falls.' The appendix contains a vocabulary in Kiswahili, Kinyamwesi, Luganda, Kavirondo, Masai, Kikamba, Kisenga. The book is dedicated to Cecil Rhodes who helped the expedition.
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