1859 AFRICA VOYAGES Barth Timbuktu Tripoli SLAVES Illustrated Slavery MAP African
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1859 AFRICA VOYAGES Barth Timbuktu Tripoli SLAVES Illustrated Slavery MAP African
Heinrich Barth was a German explorer known for his voyages in Africa. In fact, many scholars believe Barth to be the greatest and most prominent German explorer of Africa much in part to his substantial surveys and published accounts of his voyages. Barth learned Arabic in preparation for his journey, a voyage which would last for six years ending in 1855. He explored Tunis and Tripoli, ruins in Egypt, encountered slavers and slave caravans, Sudan, Timbuktu, and many other places throughout Africa.
This 1859 edition of Barths voyage report contains impressive, full-page illustrations throughout, including a view of a herd of African elephants!
Item number: #23921
Price: $599
BARTH, Heinrich
Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa : from the journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.s government, in the years 1849-1855
Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 1859. 1st edition
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
xxiv, 25-538, [6]
17 full-page illustrations; several in-text
1 folding map
Provenance: Handwritten – John P. Medan
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Red cloth
Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 14cm)
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23921
Heinrich Barth was a German explorer known for his voyages in Africa. In fact, many scholars believe Barth to be the greatest and most prominent German explorer of Africa much in part to his substantial surveys and published accounts of his voyages. Barth learned Arabic in preparation for his journey, a voyage which would last for six years ending in 1855. He explored Tunis and Tripoli, ruins in Egypt, encountered slavers and slave caravans, Sudan, Timbuktu, and many other places throughout Africa.
This 1859 edition of Barths voyage report contains impressive, full-page illustrations throughout, including a view of a herd of African elephants!
Item number: #23921
Price: $599
BARTH, Heinrich
Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa : from the journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.s government, in the years 1849-1855
Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 1859. 1st edition
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
xxiv, 25-538, [6]
17 full-page illustrations; several in-text
1 folding map
Provenance: Handwritten – John P. Medan
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Red cloth
Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 14cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
23921
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1859 AFRICA VOYAGES Barth Timbuktu Tripoli SLAVES Illustrated Slavery MAP African
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