Author: WIESE, CARL
Title: Expedition in East-Central Africa, 1888-1891: A Report
Description: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press. 1983, 1st. (ISBN: 0806118296). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983, first printing. Large 8vo. xvi+383pp. illustrated b/e photos, maps. Orange cloth with block reverse titles. "The first complete English translation of "Expediçao Portugueza a M'Pesene", published 1889-1892, by Carl Wiese. Wiese was a German hunter and trader who led an unofficial Portuguese mission to the court of the Ngoni king Mpezeni. His journal is the only contemporary description of the culture and politics of early Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. 10x7.5", xvi+383 pp, b&w maps and photographs." Foxing along edges of page block, foxing to pastedowns and dust jacket, else near fine, crisp, bright, unmarked in very good dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good.

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