FROM HAUSALAND TO EGYPT, Through the Sudan

Kumm, H(ermann), Karl W(ilhelm)

Verlag: Constable and Co. Ltd, London, 1910

Beschreibung

orange pict. cloth, beveled boards, pp.,xi,{2},324., illustrated, port. frontis of author, 6 full color plates of butterflies, (with tissue guards) , full page map, facsims., tables, diagrs., folding map at rear, (of Dr. Kumm's journey), index, light overall soil to covers, a few pages with minor edge tears from careless opening, a clean, tight copy. Kumm was the founder of the Sudan pioneering mission, He was married to Lucy Guiness, daughter of the British evangelist Grattan Guniess. After taking British citizenship he went into service in Upper Egypt in 1900 where he founded the aformentioned mission. In 1904 he founded the Sudan United Mission. A hunter of big game, there are accounts of his shooting of elephant, buffalo and oterh large animals on his travels on the Niger and Nile. World War I interupted his missionary work and eventually moved to New Jersey, USA. He died in 1930. Size: 8 Vo., Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 123782

Bibliografische Details

Titel: FROM HAUSALAND TO EGYPT, Through the Sudan

Verlag: Constable and Co. Ltd, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1910

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition