UNDER THE AFRICAN SUN

With 134 illustrations from photographs by the author and two coloured plates.

First American edition: xiv, 355 pages, numerous illustrations, 2 coloured plates, red cloth binding, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, uncut edges, foxing thoroughout, a good copy.

William John Ansorge (6 April 1850 – 31 October 1913 at Luanda) was a physician who worked in Angola and Uganda and is known for exploring the fauna of the African region. He was posted as a medical officer in Uganda from 1895 to 1898. Several species of animals were named after him by museum taxonomists chiefly in Britain; he travelled across Africa (northern Angola, Benguella, Mossamedes, Portuguese Guinea) and wrote Under the African Sun in 1899. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Ansorge