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Williams, Harry

Quest Beyond the Sahara

1965

40,42 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1965
Lieu d'édition
London. Robert Hale
Auteur
Williams, Harry
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Africa
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 190 pp, illustrations from photos and paintings on plates, 2 maps, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean in dj (bit rubbed, not price clipped). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An account of three journeys into the area south of the Sahara made by Hugh Clapperton, Dixon Denham and Richard Lander, including the areas around Lake Chad, the Northern Cameroon mountains, kingdoms of Bornu and Hausa, cities of Kano and Sakoto. In the third journey, Lander travelled by canoe to Bussa on the Niger, completing Mungo Park's initial attempts and solving the course of the Niger.