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Chanler, William Astor

Through Jungle and Desert; Travels in Eastern Africa

1896

407,02 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1896
Lugar de impresión
London. Macmillan and Co.
Autor
Chanler, William Astor
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - Africa
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

large 8vo [25 x 17.5 cm]; xiv; 535 pp, photogravure frontis portrait, engraved portrait, numerous plates and illustrations by the author, 2 folding maps in rear pocket (complete), index. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title lettering on spine, upper joints with short tears, library stamps on title and verso of plates, else a clean very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An important and well-illustrated account of the expedition in Eastern Africa and Kenya, primarily between the Tana and Juba rivers. It was undertaken with Lieutenant von Hohnel, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian navy, who had made a previous expedition in the area. The author acknowledges the help of Theodore Roosevelt in the preface. Czech, p 34.
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