Author: Shveinfurt, Georg (Schweinfurth, Georg)
Title: Vnutri Afriki. Tri Goda Puteshestvii I Prikliuchenii V Neizsledovannykh Stranakh Tsentralnoi Afriki (the Heart of Africa. Three Years of Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa)
Description: S. l. (St. Petersburg), s. n. 1876. First Edition. First Russian edition (publication information from a 1895 Russian translation of Elisee Reclus' "La terre"); rebound without title page in green cloth and 3/4 dark-green morocco; the first section bound at the end of the book; four raised bands, gilt decorations, and three small paper labels to spine; rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine; period stamp of a Russian Christian mission in Japan to first page; illustrated with numerous one- and two-page woodcuts; very good condition. A rare first Russian edition of ethnologist, botanist, and explorer Georg August Schweinfurth's (1836 - 1925) most important work. Born in Riga, Latvia, Schweifurth was educated in Germany and in 1868 was tasked with travelling to and exploring the interior of East Africa. There he discovered the river Uele in 1870 and the pygmy Akka tribe, and added invaluable data to the knowledge of the flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of the region. Not in OCLC; not in the trade (as of December 2018). Very good .

Keywords: Travels, Exploration, Africa


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