Author: KINGSLEY, MARY HENRIETTA:
Title: Travels in West Africa. Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons. London, Macmillan, 1897.
Description: . Pp. xvi, 744, adv.(8). With sixteen halftones, two lithographed fish plates and many textual illustrations. Partly unopened. Publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Ownership signature on half title. First edition. Occasionally some minor staining in margin. Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) spent her first thirty years at home taking care of her parents. She read most of her father's library and inherited his passion for travel. After the parent's death she made two travels in 1893 and 1894 to West Africa to study the primitive religions of the tribes and collect natural history specimens. She travelled through wild countries, away form civilisation and European influence, and she made important research work between the rivers Ogowe and Rembve. She did not dispute Britain's right to govern Africa but she warmly argued Britain's method of doing so and fought to the last of introducing intricate laws. Kingsley's two travel accounts written with a great sense of humour became immediate best sellers, both for their serious scientific content and their exuberant raciness. In 1900 she died at Simonstown where she had volunteered for nursing service in the South African War. She was buried at sea by her own wish. Robinson p. 136-8. Middleton, Victorian lady travellers, pp. 149-176.
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Title: Travels in West Africa. Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons. London, Macmillan, 1897.
Description: . Pp. xvi, 744, adv.(8). With sixteen halftones, two lithographed fish plates and many textual illustrations. Partly unopened. Publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Ownership signature on half title. First edition. Occasionally some minor staining in margin. Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) spent her first thirty years at home taking care of her parents. She read most of her father's library and inherited his passion for travel. After the parent's death she made two travels in 1893 and 1894 to West Africa to study the primitive religions of the tribes and collect natural history specimens. She travelled through wild countries, away form civilisation and European influence, and she made important research work between the rivers Ogowe and Rembve. She did not dispute Britain's right to govern Africa but she warmly argued Britain's method of doing so and fought to the last of introducing intricate laws. Kingsley's two travel accounts written with a great sense of humour became immediate best sellers, both for their serious scientific content and their exuberant raciness. In 1900 she died at Simonstown where she had volunteered for nursing service in the South African War. She was buried at sea by her own wish. Robinson p. 136-8. Middleton, Victorian lady travellers, pp. 149-176.
Keywords: Africa, west africa, africa, african, afrika, afrique, afrika, travel, voyage, exploration, explore, natural history,
Price: EUR 500.00 = appr. US$ 543.42 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 99182
- Book number: 99182
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