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LIFE, WANDERINGS AND LABOURS IN EASTERN AFRICA - VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION
Book Description
12+1+525+3 pages, folding map, frontispiece, 10 plates, Places visited: Zanzibar, Suahili-land and Wasuahili, Unika, Wanika, Ribe, Galla, Bararetta, Weichu, Tana River, Ganda, Kisigau, Taita, Lake Jipe, Taveta, Moche, Chaga, Kilima Njaro, Lake Chala, Bura, Ndara -- Appendix I. List of plants collected on the alpine region of Kilima Njaro 523-25; II. A table showing the variations in the dialects and languages spoken by some of the peoples inhabiting the regions laid down upon the map [526-27]; III. Thermometrical notes showing the variations of temperature from the sea-board up to the line of perpetual snow [528]; hardback, original blue boards, gilt, lightly mottled to base of rear cover ow a very good copy, tight & clean, of the FIRST EDITION, RARE in this very good condition.
Dealer Notes
Includes the first successful ascent of Kilimanjaro & remarks on East African Slavery - a most important book of African exploration.
Author
New, Charles
Date
1873, 1st edition
Binding
Original boards
Publisher
Hodde & Stoughton, London
Condition
Very Good
Pages
12+1+525+3
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