A beautifully designed, lavishly illustrated, large format book that documents the daring and merciless history of exploration on the continent of Africa; Though the mouth of the Congo river was discovered by Portuguese explorers in 1483, much of the African continent remained terra incognita until the eighteenth century, when."
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A beautifully designed, lavishly illustrated, large format book that documents the daring and merciless history of exploration on the continent of Africa; Though the mouth of the Congo river was discovered by Portuguese explorers in 1483, much of the African continent remained terra incognita until the eighteenth century, when."
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Large 4to, 215 pages, coloured maps, bibliography, many excellent plates (mostly in full colour) from contemporary engravings and indigenous art: readable text, beautifully illustrated account of all the major explorers; hardback, FINE FINE dw, published @ £35, this copy
