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Stanley : The Inmpossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
by Jeal, Tim
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0300126255
- ISBN 13
- 9780300126259
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. An excellent, scholarly biography of the American explorer and adventurer most famous for his traverse of Africa and finding the elusive Dr. David Livingstone, in the process opening the Belgian Congo up to trade and European 'commerce, civilization, and Christianity'. Has much information on his tragic and troubled early life, his successes and disappointments, his own publishing adventures, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, maps, illustrations, sources, bibliography, notes, indexed, 570pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00015693
- Title
- Stanley : The Inmpossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
- Author
- Jeal, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0300126255
- ISBN 13
- 9780300126259
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, EXPLORATION, GEOGRAPHY, AFRICA, EUROPEAN AFRICAN HISTORY, BELGIAN CONGO, HENRY MORTON STANLEY, DR DAVID LIVINGSTONE, LEOPOLD II, BELGIUM, IMPERIALISM, IMPERIALISTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; European History;
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Garrison, North Dakota
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