Into Africa

A Journey Through the Ancient Empires

Marq De Villier, Sheila Hirtle, Marq De Villiers (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

1997
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-0-297-81786-4 (ISBN)

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This is an immersion into the cultural variety of Africa, providing the non-expert reader with a layered portrait of the continent. The discoveries and experiences of travel writing knit the book together, using photographs, illustrations and maps to illumine the text.

This is not a dense country-by-country encyclopedia but an immersion into the cultural variety of Africa, providing the reader with a layered portrait of the continent. The discoveries and experiences of the travel writing knit the book together and is flavoured by verbal snapshots, images,anecdotes, legends, tales,gossip, photographs, art and maps that lend depth and insight to the portrait.

Marq de Villiers has worked as a foreign correspondent in London, Paris and Moscow. He is the author of six books on travel, exploration and history, including Into Africa: A Journey Through the Ancient Empires. He grew up in Africa and has travelled widely while researching this book, from the flood-plains of China to the deserts of Africa, from the icebergs off Newfoundland to the rainforests of Brazil. He now lives in Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.10.1997
Zusatzinfo	16pp colour photogra
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 120 mm
Gewicht	848 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Afrika
ISBN-10	0-297-81786-8 / 0297817868
ISBN-13	978-0-297-81786-4 / 9780297817864
Zustand	Neuware