The lake regions of Central Africa / Richard F. Burton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa, Central--Description and travel.

Africa, Central.

Central Africa.

Travel.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 572 pages, 18 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, Inc., [1995]

Summary:

An engrossing record of explorations of central Africa's lake regions. Acute observations on village life, native character, religion and government.

Notes:

"This Dover edition, first published in 1995, is an unabridged, slightly altered, republication of the work, originally published by Harper & Brothers, New York, in 1860 under the title 'The Lake Regions of Central Africa, A Picture of Exploration'. The map of Burton's routes, which originally followed the Preface, has been moved to the inside back cover and noted in the list of illustrations."

Folded map attached to inside of back cover.

Publisher's advertisements: [15] p. at end.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Lake regions of Central Africa.

ISBN:

0486286185

9780486286181

OCLC:

31816423

Online:

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