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Petherick John - Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa
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| Schrijver: | Petherick John |
| Titel: | Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa |
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| Uitgever: | Edinburgh, W. Blackwood, 1861 first edition |
| Bijzonderheid: | 8vo, publisher’s cloth, rubbed and spine ends repaired. Recased with new endpapers. xii, 482 pages and a large map with a closed tear and brown spotting. Rather good copy. |
| Prijs: | € 480,00 |
| Meer info | "With explorations from Khartoum on the white Nile to the regions of the Equator. Being sketches from sixteen years' travel." Bound in is the subscription prospectus for raising 2000 pounds for the expedition and the list of subscribers. At the end a 16 page catalogue. In 1853 Petherick settled in Khartoum and became an ivory trader. He travelled extensively in the Bahr-el-Ghazal region, then almost unknown, exploring the Jur River, Yalo and other affluents of the Bahr el Ghazal river. In 1858 he penetrated to the Niam-Niam country. His additions to the knowledge of natural history were considerable. Petherick returned to England in 1859 where he made the acquaintance of JH Speke, then arranging for his expedition to discover the source of the Nile. |
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