881 - 1017: [Africa]. Wissmann, H. von.

77 886 Africa Wissmann H von

77/ 886 [Africa]. Wissmann, H. von. Meine zweite Durchquerung Äquatorial-Afrikas vom Congo zum Zambezi während der Jahre 1886 und 1887. Frankf. a.d. Oder, Verlag der Königlichen Hofbuchdruckerei Trowitzsch & Sohn, n.d. (1890), VII,(1),261p., engr. frontisp., 2 fold. col. maps in rear pocket, 30 engr. plates, ills., orig. dec. cl.

- Library stamps on title-p. Sl. worn along margins.

= Howgego W40; Kainbacher I, p.148. Hermann von Wissmann was a German explorer who travelled to Central Africa. He was in command of the military 'protection force', Schutztruppe and was renowned for his brutal suppresion of Southwestern Africa.

AND 4 others in 5 vols., various languages, i.a. H.W. WILSON, With the Flag to Pretoria (London, 1900, 2 vols., 2 fold. col. fold. maps, num. ills., orig. unif. gilt dec cl., folio. Owner's stamps on title-p. Covers sl. fingersoiled; without the 2 subsequent vols. titled After Pretoria).

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