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New light on dark Africa: being the narrative of the German Emin Pasha expedition, its journeyings and adventures, among the native tribes of eastern equatorial Africa, the Gallas, Massais, Wasukuma ... on the Lake Baringo and the Victoria Nyanza ... Translated from the German by H. W. Dulcken
by Peters, Carl, Dr
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London & New York: Ward, Lock, & Co, 1891. First edition in English, large 8vo, pp. xviii, 597, [1]; folding map in back cover pocket, gravure frontispiece portrait, 32 plates, 50 illustrations in the text; original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt, white and black; spine ends chipped, small break in the cloth on the lower joint, one gathering extended; all else good and sound, or better. Czech, Africa, p. 128: "A German counterpart to Henry M. Stanley's notable work, In Darkest Africa, this represents Peters' journey to find Emin Pasha on the Upper Nile, but approach from Africa's east coast ... This work is wonderfully illustrated, particularly regarding the battles waged between the expedition and hostile tribes."
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- New light on dark Africa: being the narrative of the German Emin Pasha expedition, its journeyings and adventures, among the native tribes of eastern equatorial Africa, the Gallas, Massais, Wasukuma ... on the Lake Baringo and the Victoria Nyanza ... Translated from the German by H. W. Dulcken
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- Peters, Carl, Dr
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- Ward, Lock, & Co
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- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1891
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