Lake Ngami, or Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of South Western Africa (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The following Narrative of Explorations and Discoveries during four years in the wilds of the south-western parts of Africa, con tains an account of two expeditions in that continent between the years 1850 and 1854. In the first of these journeys, the countries of the Damaras (previously all but unknown in Europe) and of the Ovambo (till now a term incognita) were explored; in the second, the newly-discovered Lake Ngami, was reached by a route that had always been deemed impracticable. It is more than probable that this route (the shortest and best) will be adopted as the one by which commerce and civilization may eventually find their way to the Lake regions.
The first journey was performed in company with Mr. Francis Galton, to whom we are indebted for a work on 'tropical South Africa;' on the second, the Author was alone, and altogether dependent on his own very scanty resources.
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The following Narrative of Explorations and Discoveries during four years in the wilds of the south-western parts of Africa, con tains an account of two expeditions in that continent between the years 1850 and 1854. In the first of these journeys, the countries of the Damaras (previously all but unknown in Europe) and of the Ovambo (till now a term incognita) were explored; in the second, the newly-discovered Lake Ngami, was reached by a route that had always been deemed impracticable. It is more than probable that this route (the shortest and best) will be adopted as the one by which commerce and civilization may eventually find their way to the Lake regions.
The first journey was performed in company with Mr. Francis Galton, to whom we are indebted for a work on 'tropical South Africa;' on the second, the Author was alone, and altogether dependent on his own very scanty resources.
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- Publication date2019
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- ISBN 13 9781333333201
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- Number of pages656
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