Description: A MONUMENTAL WORK BY THE REMARKABLE MAN THAT WAS SIR HARRY JOHNSON : The Uganda Protectorate An Attempt To Give Some Description Of The Physical Geography, Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, Languages And History Of The Territories Under British Protection In East Central Africa, Between The Congo Free State And The Rift Valley And Between The First Degree Of South Latitude And The Fifth Degree Of North Latitude. A very good set of this handsome book. It is an extremely heavy set. Hutchinson & Co., London 1902 FIRST EDITION. Two heavy octavo volumes bound in the original black cloth with gilt bust of Ugandan tribesman on upper covers and fine original floral endpapers. There is some light rubbing. xx, 470; xiii, 471-1018pp. Complete with 506 illustrations from drawings and photographs, 48 full-page coloured plates and 9 maps. A VG copy indeed. Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927) was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. He published 40 books on subjects related to the continent of Africa and was one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa that occurred at the end of the 19th century. He invented his own language and discovered the Okapi for the western world.
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Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: LONDON
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Language: English
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Africa
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1902
