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Travels in West Africa

Mary Kingsley ; abridged and introduced by Elspeth Huxley

(A Phoenix Press paperback)

Phoenix, 2000

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Travels in West Africa : the classic account of one woman's epic and eccentric journey in the 1890s

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"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan & Co., London in 1897"--t.p. verso

Originally published: London: Folio Society, 1976

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Born in 1862, Mary Kingsley was the daughter of an explorer who was freed to follow in her father's footsteps following her parents' death. She made two trips in the 1890s, and her lively and witty account, reproduced here, was an immediate bestseller when first published in 1897.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA57108747
  • ISBN
    • 1842121103
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 270 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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