The Quest for the Secret Nile: Victorian Exploration in Equatorial Africa 1857-1900 Tapa dura - 2004

Hardback. Very Good.

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Chaucer Press, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chaucer Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lovely condition. Publication of 192 pages, large book. Heavy Book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The text within the book is bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Chaucer. GF202 2004, hardcover met stofomslag, goed exemplaar / good copy

London : Chaucer Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 192 pages; Description: 192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187) and index. Subjects: Nile River Valley --British --Nile River --Discovery and exploration. Summary: The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4, 163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a river that flowed out of the desert. Aeschylus, in 500 BC, talked of Egypt being nurtured by the snows. For centuries, the only sporadic reports from the heart of equatorial Africa came from Arab seafarers, land travellers and slavers. In the mid-1850s in Britain, the great thirst for adventure and discovery, combined with the challenge posed by the ancient riddle of the secret sources of the Nile and acted like… Leer más

Chaucer Press, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Two-inch tear to jacket. .

Chaucer Press. Used - Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: ).

London: Chaucer Press, 2004. 192pp, index, bibliography, num ills (most col), maps, pictorial endpapers. Or green boards in jacket. Slight scratch to rear of jacket. Exploration in Africa in the second half of the 19th century, particularly those attempting to solve the riddle of the source of the Nile.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Chaucer Press, 2004-06-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.