Reality Versus Romance in South Central Africa; Being an Account of Journey Across the Continent from Benguella on the West Through Bihe, Ganguella, Barotse, the Kalahari Desert, Mashonaland, Manica, Gorongoza, Nyasa, Shire Highlands to Mouth of Zambesi

1893

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Anno di pubblicazione

1893

Luogo di stampa

New York. Fleming H. Revell Company

Autore

Johnston, James

Edizione

First edition.

Soggetto

Travel - Africa Photography Anthropology

Lingue

Inglese

Prima edizione

Sì

Descrizione

large 8vo [25 x 17.5 cm]; 353 pp, 51 fine plates from photos, including frontis, color folding map with author's route in red. original pictorial cloth, vignette and gilt lettering on spine, professionally rebacked preserving the original cloth which is a little chipped on spine ends, new endpapers, map with short tear at fold, very good solid copy. A picture of this book is avai Mendelssohn p. 788: ". . . an interesting account of the country and its inhabitants. . . interesting account of Zimbabwe". The author, a medical doctor living in Jamaica, travelled 4,500 miles, mostly on foot over a period of 20 months, including many parts previously unexplored. "He never once found himself prompted to fire a shot in anger. . . he can say what perhaps no other man who has crossed Africa can - that of the many native carriers who travelled with him he did not lose one by death." (p. 6) An interesting and detailed account, the author was able to gain information as a doctor not available otherwise. The plates are very sharp and are not made from a screening process.