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Journey to the Source of the Nile: An Extraordinary Quest to Solve the Riddle of the World's Longest River
de ONDAATJE, Christopher
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper
- ISBN 10
- 0002000199
- ISBN 13
- 9780002000192
- Librería
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Sobre este artículo
NY: Harpercollins. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1998. First US Edition. Hardcover. 384 pages. 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. ; <b>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. </b> .
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- Librería
- Anglophile Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2769
- Título
- Journey to the Source of the Nile: An Extraordinary Quest to Solve the Riddle of the World's Longest River
- Autor
- ONDAATJE, Christopher
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002000199
- ISBN 13
- 9780002000192
- Editorial
- Harpercollins
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1998
- Palabras clave
- Africa, Nile River, David Livingstone, Stanley, Richard Burton, John Speke, Florence Baker, Samuel Baker, Adventure
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Travel; Anglophile Nonfiction G-P;
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