Author: COHEN, Emil (1842-1905).:
Title: Erläuternde Bemerkungen zu der Routenkarte einer Reise von Lydenburg nach den Goldfeldern und von Lydenburg nach der Delgoa Bai im östlichen Süd-Afrika.
Description: Hamburg: L. Friedrichsen & Co., 1875. 4to, 26.2cm. Pp. 116,[2], 6 wood-engraved figs. in text, 1 fold. lithogr. map of itinerary with geographical and topographical details (scale 1:300,000, meas. 33.5x76cm, + margins, with longitudinal section in lower part , notes & refs. Modern boards lined with green vergé paper, uncut, orig. printed front cover mounted. Paper of text very slightly browned due to quality, otherwise a good broad-margined copy. - "Separat-Abruck aus L. Friederichschen's zweitem Jahresbericht der geographischen Gesllschaft in Hamburg."- Very rare. The author discovered alluvial gold near Lydenburg in February 1873.

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