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Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
The Kilima-Njaro Expedition of 1886, First UK edition in very good condition
A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa. And a general description of the natural history, languages, and commerce of the Kilima-Njaro district.
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Klimmen.com :: Africa
African climbing books are few, some guides and some books on the big mountains such as Kilimanjaro, Ruwenzori’s the Mountains of the Moon, Mount Kenya and Meru, the Drakensberg of South Africa and the spits Kop Namibia, but to complement this the great explorers, such as David Livingstone and H.M. Stanley, and several others are well worth reading
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EDBERG, The Dream of Kilimanjaro
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Hemmens, Geaorge Grenfell, Pioneer in The Congo
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The book starts with a short summary of the attempts to explore Africa which was largely unknown at this time 1877.George Grenfell was one of the first two missionarys to enter the congo and goes on to tell the story of his work there.A excellant book!
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Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant
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Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. and if he can't make it through the ...
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Moorehead, The blue nile
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Moorehead, The White Nile
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A neat companion to Moorehead's history of the Blue Nile, this is an historical narrative describing the discovery and development of the river. The story of the White Nile, the westerly river that joins the Blue Nile south of Khartoum to create the Nile proper.
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Drummond, Tropical Africa
No.: SKU96
Scottish evnagelist writer and lecturer Drummond, who was a member of Moody's evangelical movement, sought to reconcile evangelical Christianity with evolution, he toured US and Australian colleges presenting his theories via a series of lectures. A collection of writings which trace the trek of ...
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Sterling, Stanleys Way
No.: SKU121
Even as a boy, the author dreamed of following Stanley's way into the Africa of legend, mystery, danger and challenge. A brief visit in 1956 confirmed his deep affinity for the land and its people, and he returned soon, this time to enter Central Africa and begin the joining of dream to reality
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Benuzzi, No Picnic on Mount Kenya
No.: SKU122
True account of Italian author's escape from a British POW camp facing Mount Kenya with 2 companions, their attempt to scale Mount Kenya and their return to give themselves up. One of the all time classics.
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