Author: Cheesman, R.E.
Title: Lake Tana & the Blue Nile: An Abyssinian Quest
Description: MacMillan and Co. 1936 xiv, 400, folding frontis, 24 b/w plates, text fig, 2 folding maps. . HB. 8vo, orig. green cloth (spine slightly faded), gilt vignette to front board, gilt title to spine, top edge tinted green. Ownership inscription and blind stamp to half-title. Vg.. First edition. An account of the author's expeditions around Lake Tana and the source of the Blue Nile, in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) during his time as British consul for north-west Ethiopia between 1925 and 1934. Major Robert E. Cheesman (1878-1962) was an English military officer, explorer, ornithologist and author. He was the brother of Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969), entomologist, author and traveller..
Keywords: Ethiopia; East Africa; Africa; Travel Narrative
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Title: Lake Tana & the Blue Nile: An Abyssinian Quest
Description: MacMillan and Co. 1936 xiv, 400, folding frontis, 24 b/w plates, text fig, 2 folding maps. . HB. 8vo, orig. green cloth (spine slightly faded), gilt vignette to front board, gilt title to spine, top edge tinted green. Ownership inscription and blind stamp to half-title. Vg.. First edition. An account of the author's expeditions around Lake Tana and the source of the Blue Nile, in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) during his time as British consul for north-west Ethiopia between 1925 and 1934. Major Robert E. Cheesman (1878-1962) was an English military officer, explorer, ornithologist and author. He was the brother of Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969), entomologist, author and traveller..
Keywords: Ethiopia; East Africa; Africa; Travel Narrative
Price: GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 171.36 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S57677
- Book number: S57677
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