Railways of Northern Africa

FIRST EDITION, Arthur Barker Publisher, 1964, hardcover, illustrated, index, 144 pages, condition: very good.

History of the building and operation of the railways in Southern Africa, with many b/w illustrations and maps. Bound with black  covered boards & gilt lettering to spine.

Fascinating survey of the railway systems of northern Africa just as the area was leaving British and French control. Covers Tanganyika, British East Africa, The Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, the Mediterranean coast (Liberia, Tunisia, Algeria), Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Mauretania, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Ivory Coast, Ghana (railways and harbours), Togoland, Dahomey, Nigeria and the Bight of Benin, and Cameroun. With five maps. Illustrated with black and white photographs..

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