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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Bell (N) (N. D'Anvers)

HEROES OF DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Walter Scott, London, 1899

Edition: 1st

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418pp + 16pp. Original Pictorial/Gilt decorated cloth. Contains numerous illustrations. Bevelled edges. Gilt edged text-block.

Spine ends and joints are worn. Remnants of a previous attempt to repair the top spine with cloth tape. Corners are bumped and worn. Internally clean and intact with only light occassional foxing to certain pages.

Contents divided into thirteen sections: I. Introductory; II. Early Explorers from the South; III. Moffat's Work in Namaqua Land and Among the Bechuanas; IV. Livingstone's Early Discoveries; V. Galton and Andersson in South-West Africa; VI. Burton, Speke, Grant, and Van der Decken, and the Discovery of Lakes Tanganyika and Albert N'Yanza; VII. Livingstone's Second Journey and the Work of Karl Mauch; VIII. Western Equatorial Africa and Its Explorers; IX. Livingstone's Last Journey and Death; X.Cameron's Journey Across Africa; XI. Stanley's Journey from Sea to Sea; XII. Work Done Since 1876; XIII. The Age of Gold.

  • Binding Condition: Fair to Good
  • Overall Condition: Fair to Good
  • Size: 207mm x 154mm x 44mm
  • Sold By: Booktown Africana
  • Contact Person: Chris Shelton
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0685615292
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Internet banking transfer (EFT), PAYPAL. Regret no Credit Card facility.
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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