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Author Name
ONDAATJE, Christopher
Title Journey to the Source of the Nile: An Extraordinary Quest to Solve the Riddle of the World's Longest River
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper
Edition First US Edition
Size 384 pages
Publisher NY Harpercollins 1998
ISBN Number
0002000199 / 9780002000192
Seller ID 2769
Spine ends bumped, book is very slightly cocked, one small soil spot on rear board; interior pages clean and bright. Dust wrapper, not price clipped, is rubbed and lightly edgeworn. ; The author has long been fascinated with the British-born explorers who from 1856 to 1887 tried to locate the source of the Nile river. In 1996 he 'followed the Victorian explorers' routes to see for himself what they had seen. He offers insights into the lives and characters of the explorers Richard Francis Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel and Florence Baker, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley -and evaluates their observations and conclusions in the light of modern scientific knowledge.' Profusely illustrated with colour photographs, maps, and drawings.
Africa Nile River David Livingstone Stanley Richard Burton John Speke Florence Baker Samuel Baker Adventure
Price =
14.75 USD
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