ANDERSSON, Charles John - Lake Ngami - (Limited Edition Hardcover in Wrapper)

Or Explorations and Discoveries, during four years'  wanderings in the wilds of South Western Africa - Struik, Cape Town, 1967.  Book Condition: Near Fine -  Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine - Facsimile Limited Edition of the 1856 edition - This is number 476 of 750 printed - The narrative describes two expeditions, one in which the author was accompanied by Mr Francis Galton, which extended to Nangoro's Werft in the Ovambo country, and the other when he travelled by himself to Lake Ngami. The courage and the endurance of the explorers were remarkable and their sufferings from the dearth of water were at times terrible. Few if any, books give so full and complete an account of Namaqualand, Damaraland and the Ovambo country, and the description of the fauna of these countries is absolutely unequalled. -  545 pages text with illustrations and maps.Very clean copy. Africana Collecanea Series XXIV. - Large foldout map to end. Now in plastic protective removable sleeve.     

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