PpXXXII, 594. Methuen adverts at rear. Dedication to Cecil John Rhodes,An introduction by H.M.Stanley. Frontis, illustrations and maps some coloured, including folding maps, bound in original red cloth, with gilt spine titles.
Book Condition: Ex Library (not circulated) with usual stamps and markings. Cover is worn and frayed at the extremities. Text block is clean with no foxing.
Classic late 19th Century African travel, Decle\'s 7000-plus-mile trek from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean by way of South Africa, Nyassaland, Tanganyika, and the equatorial zones.
Decle\'s narrative on travel through East Africa and his observations on the landscape and natives, some hunting.
Lionel Decle had made the longest journey at one stretch across Africa, at this time, from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, a distance of over 7,000 miles. He was also the first man to travel from the extreme south of Africa to above the Equator.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Good
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- Country: South Africa
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