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Junker, Dr. Wilhelm

Travels in Africa During the Years 1882-1886, translated from the German by A. H. Keane

1892

240,64 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1892
Lugar de impresión
London. Chapman and Hall
Autor
Junker, Dr. Wilhelm
Edición
First edition in English.
Materia
Travel - Africa
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; viii, 586 pp, frontis (port), hundreds of illustrations, including many full-page, 2 folding partly colored maps (one with short tear), index. original green pictorial cloth, gilt lettering on spine, black ruled border, rubbed at edges, short tear at spine end, one leaf with 4 cm tear, two leaves carelessly opened, very light foxing on few leaves, else a very good copy. A picture of this book is Junker explored Africa from 1875 to 1886 including mapping of the Congo River and exploring the Nile sources. He also established the identity of the Welle and Ubangi. Junker received the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1887. He published 3 books of his exploration, of which this is the final one. Originally published in German. The many excellent illustrations include the people, nature, plants, native artifacts.
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