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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Robert Brown

THE STORY OF AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORERS 4 volumes bound as 2 books

Published: Cassell & Co. Ltd, London, No date given

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Hundreds of black-and-white sketches and maps. Some early photographs of all parts of Africa and its local inhabitants. Vols 1 - 4 312 pages each. Vols 1 and 2 bound together. Vols 3 and 4 bound together. Half leather on green boards. Black ringed leather spine with gilt titles and design. Marbled endpapers. First few pages of each volume slightly age-toned. Otherwise the books are tightly bound and in Very Good condition. No date, but latest reference in text is 1895. This edition specially prepared for subscription by Cassel & Co and sold by D E McConnell & Co, Cape Town. A remarkable book. A detailed history of Africa starting with brief references to Ptolemy and early Portuguese and Dutch exploration, but concentrating on the British commercial and missionary expeditions in the period 1790 - 1890. Development of trade in the Gulf of Guinea (West Africa), Timbuctoo, the Niger River, Mungo Park, the Nile, Great Lakes, source of the Nile, David Livingstone, Stanley, Missionaries in Central Africa, a hunter\'s paradise, international explorers, colonisation in west, east and south Africa, the Scramble for Africa and Germany and Italy in Africa are among the topics covered.
  • Size: 260 x 190 x 50 each
  • Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
  • Contact Person: Neil Berens
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 082 899 7195 or 083 652 5694
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  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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