IN THE LAND OF GOLD AND DIAMONDS (1930)

First edition of an interesting work on Africa with 4 folding maps (panoramic 3D map of Johannesburg with main mines, map of Union of South Africa with Cape, map of Orange Free State and map of the whole route of an African journey), single page map of Central East Africa and 32 b&w photographic plates.

Topics covered include the slopes of Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, Katanga, Comoros, Madagascar, Italian Jubaland and Sudan, Madeira, South Africa, Southern Africa, Rhodesia, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Portuguese Mozambique, Rhodes and Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls in the Zambezi, Port Elizabeth, Natal, Oranjestad, Durban, Dragenberg, Bloemfontein, Griqua, Southwest Africa, etc. Continuation of Cipolla's work "On the Nile: From the Delta to the Sources".

CHAPTERS:

I. The Glacier Below the Tropic (On the Slopes of Kilimanjaro);
II. Zanzibar, "Metropolis of Africa";
III. The Only Sultan;
IV. Between "War Island" and the "Port of Happiness" (Mombasa and Dar-es-Salam);
V. Race to Tanganyika;
VI. Katanga, Mining Subverter of Africa;
VII. Passage through the Comoros;
VIII. The Red Island (Notes on Madagascar);
IX. Italian Jubaland and Sudan;
X. Across the Atlantic to South Africa;
XI. A Stop in Madeira;
XII. The Modern Character of Southern Africa;
XIII. Kruger's Shadow (Conversation with His Doctor);
XIV. Cape Town, Table Mountain, and the Storms;
XV. An Italian Scientific Expedition to Rhodesia;
XVI. Diamonds and Men;
XVII. Robinson, the Nonagenarian "King of Diamonds";
XVIII. The People and Life of Modern Ophir (Johannesburg, Gold Metropolis);
XIX. Pretoria and the "First Mine";
XX. Descent into Portuguese Mozambique;
XXI. On the Highlands of Rhodesia;
XXII. Rhodes's Tomb and Zimbabwe, the Mystery of South Africa;
XXIII. The "Thundering Smoke" (The Victoria Falls in the Zambezi);
XXIV. Port Elizabeth, East London, and the Drama of the "Voor Trekkers";
XXV. From Natal to Orange (Impressions of Durban - The Zulus - The Dragenberg - Bloemfontein - The Griquas and the Bastards);
XXVI. The Land of Oceanic Diamonds (Southwest Africa);
XXVII. The New Physiognomy of the Dark Continent (The "Great Northern Road");
XXVIII. The South African Kaffirs and Their Rise.

"Nei paesi dell'oro e dei diamanti: Territorio del Tanganika, Zanzibar, Comore e Madagascar, Madera, Colonia del Capo, Transvaal, Orange, Natal, Rhodesia. Con carte geografiche ed illustrazioni. Continuazione del volume: Sul Nilo: dal Delta alle Sorgenti."; Text in Italian; Collation complete - Title page, [1], 351 pages, with 5 maps and 32 b&w photographic plates; Binding is tight, firm and strong, little bumped and faded (more to the spine and extremities). Joints and hinges are whole, strong and secure. Text block/pages in very good condition, clean and very bright with some yellowing, no marks throughout, with very occasionally light foxing dots. Title page with a slight age tanning. A sound copy of this scarce title.

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