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Travels in Southern Africa Vol. I (Killie Campbell Africana Library Publications)
Adulphe Delegorgue
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Paperback. To South Africa, in 1838, came Delegorgue, a young French naturalist with a passion for information, a keen eye and a ready wit.. and a mighty elephant gun. This volume describes his brief journeying in the Cape Colony, and the early part of his several years of hunting and specimen-collecting in Natal and Zululand. Editor(s): Alexander, Stephanie J.; Webb, Colin de B. Translator(s): Webb, Fleur. Series: Killie Campbell Africana Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, map, b and w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
To South Africa, in 1838, came Delegorgue, a young French naturalist with a passion for information, a keen eye and a ready wit...and a mighty elephant gun. This first volume describes his brief journeying in the Cape Colony, and the early part of his several years of hunting and specimen-collecting in Natal and Zululand. No other tale of hunting and adventure, of Boers and Zulus, of travels in nineteenth century southern Africa, offers the reader such a rich blend of history, biology, Gallic charm - and vigorous entertainment.
To South Africa, in 1838, came Delegorgue, a young French naturalist with a passion for information, a keen eye and a ready wit...and a mighty elephant gun. This first volume describes his brief journeying in the Cape Colony, and the early part of his several years of hunting and specimen-collecting in Natal and Zululand. No other tale of hunting and adventure, of Boers and Zulus, of travels in nineteenth century southern Africa, offers the reader such a rich blend of history, biology, Gallic charm - and vigorous entertainment.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Condition
New
Series
Killie Campbell Africana Library
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
ISBN
9780869807279
SKU
V9780869807279
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