Author: Stilhoff, Henrik [editor:]
Title: Breve fra en dansk Ingenior
Description: Kjobenhavn, Gyldendal, 1893. 1/4-leather. 17x11cm, vii,245 pp, Some foxing.. Textual drawing vignettes. Corners rubbed,spine sunned & scuffed,name inked on title,Good+. ¶ Letters from a Danish Engineer". A posthumously published collection of letters written by Danish civil engineer Fritz Anker Olaf Sithoff [1856-89]from his professional travels: railway construction in Senegal , canal construction in Venezuela,etc. illustrated by Sithoff with pen & ink sketched vignettes & maps. Dated 1882-1889. From: Paris - on board the " Kongo" - St. Louis - Sakal - Kair Pate Cinna Piquet - Paris - Toquen Dogui - Kebemer - Sakal - Dakar - St. Mande - Souk-Ahras - Tebessa - Pernambuco -Valparaiso - Paris - Chirica - Belladero [Venezuela] - Los Corales - Altagracia - Upata - Candelaria.

Keywords: West African Travel Account, Danish Travellers, Senegal, Civil Engineering, West Africa, Venezuela, Denmark, ,