Travels in West Africa (1976) - Folio Society edition

Travels in West Africa (1976)

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Travels in West Africa (1976)
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Travels in West Africa (1976)

Mary H. Kingsley
Edition year 1976
Binding Buckram
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 280
Dimensions 25.3 × 15.3 cm

Edition details

Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley. Edited and introduced by Elspeth Huxley. 13 leaves of contemporary photographs. Bound in pale green buckram with a photograph in dark green. Map endleaves. Brown slipcase. 25.3x15.3cm. 280pp.

About the book

Mary Kingsley's Travels in West Africa recounts her remarkable journeys through the region during the 1890s. Travelling with unusual independence for a Victorian woman, Kingsley studied local cultures, collected natural-history specimens and journeyed through demanding environments. Her account combines adventure with sharp observations about colonial attitudes.

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