TRAVELS, RESEARCHES, AND MISSIONARY LABORS, DURING AN EIGHTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN EASTERN AFRICA Together with journeys to Jagga, Usambara, Ukambani, Shoa, Abessinia, and Khartoum; and a coasting voyage from Mobaz to Cape Delgardo

KRAPF, Rev Dr Johann Ludwig (1810-81) | RAVENSTEIN, Ernest George (1834-1913)

Verlag: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860

First Edition with the folding map in the front ("sketch map of East Africa") Post 8vo (8.25 x 5.5 ins) pp xl + 464. Newly rebound in quarter calf with raised bands to spine and gilt lettering. New endpapers. A couple of short closed tears to margins without loss of text. Ex. Columbia Library with stamped reference numbers to prelims and perforated library name to titlepage. With an extensive appendix sections giving geographical properties of East Africa, probable sources of the Nile (White River), bibliography of the literature of Abessinia, and the languages of East Africa. Johann Krapf was a German missionary and explorer in East Africa and a founding father of the Anglican Church of Kenya. He was one of the first Europeans to see Mount Kenya while also exploring the East African coastline. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15688

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Titel: TRAVELS, RESEARCHES, AND MISSIONARY LABORS, ...
Verlag: Boston: Ticknor and Fields
Erscheinungsdatum: 1860
Einband: Hardcover
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Art des Buches: Book