Status
Available
Publication
Shrewsbury : Swan Hill Press, 1998.
Description
Through archival illustrations, contemporary paintings, prints and maps, Guadalupi tells the history of the exploration of the river and the explorers such as Livingstone, Stanley and Schweinfurth. The book also describes the campaigns mounted along its banks from the ancient Egyptians to the Napoleonic conquests to the slave and ivory trades.
Language
Original language
Italian
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