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Kenya. The First Explorers

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Description

FIRST EDITION.

Pictorial dust-jacket with title.

Publishers black cloth with silver title to spine.

Map endpapers.

Name on inside.

Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger.

Full-page colour and b & w illustrations.

In-text illustrations.

The story of five explorers of Kenya's inland in the latter half of the

19th century: The Rev Dr. Johann Ludwig Krapf ,

The Rev Johann Rebmann; Joseph Thomson;

Count Samuel Teleki von Szek; and Lieut Ludwig von Hohnel.

The author combines extracts from the explorers' diaries,

contemporary line engravings and lavish colour photographs.

An enthralling account for the armchair traveller, the safari

enthusiast and all those intrigued by tales of early exploration.

A very lovely copy in excellent condition.

Reserve: $10.00

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