Eighteen Years On Lake Bangweula

HUGHES J.E.

Verlag: The Field nd 1933, 1933

Beschreibung

xvi â " 376 pages, large 8vo 78 photographic illustrations on 76 individual plates double page coloured front end paper map of LAKE BANGWEULU. Presentation inscription on half title "To J. A. Gordon from J. Todd 1933" Hughes notes in the preface in 1911 he started organising hunting expeditions only to be stopped by WW1 he lists his 6 clients in the order they took place "Mr. J. Todd's expedition" being number 6. There are 6 pages with reference to Todd which are noted in the index 3 have been written in. Each page has been marked with a small cloth tag to the front edge. 2 of the pages have handwritten notes in ink detailing the game being shot and the rifle by Todd. The contents clean and tight, neatly recased in the original mustard yellow cloth with native vignette to the upper board, some light fading and dust soiling to the cloth. Hughes travelled to Nyasaland in 1901 as an assistant native commissioner in the British South Africa Company, eventually resigning his post in favour of becoming a full-time hunter and trader. Over the next decade, he explored and hunted around Lake Bangweulu and its attendant swampy region and the rivers Chambesi and Luapula. There are numerous hunting incidents, particularly after elephant, lion, buffalo, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros, with cheetah bagged near the Luena River. Czech 135. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 22351

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Eighteen Years On Lake Bangweula

Verlag: The Field nd 1933

Erscheinungsdatum: 1933

Auflage: 1st Edn,.