Travels In Africa
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The Life And Travels
of
Mungo Park;
With
A Supplementary Chapter Detailing The Results Of Recent Discovery
In Africa.
Published 1864 By William P. Nimmo
Mungo Park (September 11, 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of the African continent. He was credited as being the first Westerner to discover the Niger River.
The Volume Is Complete It’s In Good Or Better Condition
1864 Only Date/No Others
12mo In Full Purple Cloth Hardcover With Elaborate Gilt Stampings And A Blind Embossed Rear Cover, Full Gilt Page Edges, Tissue Guarded Frontispiece For Mungo Park, 336 Pages Complete Contents, Some Vignette Pages, Brown Coated Pastedowns And Endpapers
Cloth Covers Toned/Some Fading, A Sun Faded Spine
Lightly Tanned/Mildly Agetoned And Scattered Foxing, Some Cracking Contents, Somewhat Weak At The Internal Hinges, Tattered Tissue Guard
Inked In Inscription By The Previous Owner On The Half Title/Some Offsetting To The Fep And Small Previous Owner Stamp To The Blank Side Frontispiece
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