MINE AFRIKANSKE UDFLUGTER. By Boje Benzon. Eventyrets Grone Baand series.
1948 1st edition paperback. 4to (199 x 267mm). Pp199,ad. B/w photographs by the author, end-paper maps. Illustrated French-fold card covers.
" My African Journeys". Boje Benzon describes two wide-ranging, pre-war safaris, in Kenya (1935), and Kenya and Uganda (1936-1937), and the University Central Africa Expedition, 1946-47. Despite the title of this expedition, it actually travelled from Nairobi, through Uganda and the southern regions of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and then the eastern Congo and Uganda again. Exploration and big-game hunting. A classic of the Danish literature of Africa. Chapters include: Orientering paa Kortes; Betingelser for Jagt i Afrika; Videnskabsmaend paa Arbeijde; De indfodte og deres Husdyr; Floder og Soer; Jagt i Afrika; elefanter; Naeshorn; Bofler; Antiloper; Giraffer; Zebraer; Vildsvin; Lover; Leoparder; Cheetaher og Caracaler; De afrikanske Aber; Dyrelivets Fremtid i Afrika. This copy has an inscription to the half-title, "To Mr. J.C. Brown in remembrance of our jolly flight from Nairobi to Copenhagen, April 1947. Yours sincerely, Boje Benzon. May 1952". Text in Danish.
" My African Journeys". Boje Benzon describes two wide-ranging, pre-war safaris, in Kenya (1935), and Kenya and Uganda (1936-1937), and the University Central Africa Expedition, 1946-47. Despite the title of this expedition, it actually travelled from Nairobi, through Uganda and the southern regions of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and then the eastern Congo and Uganda again. Exploration and big-game hunting. A classic of the Danish literature of Africa. Chapters include: Orientering paa Kortes; Betingelser for Jagt i Afrika; Videnskabsmaend paa Arbeijde; De indfodte og deres Husdyr; Floder og Soer; Jagt i Afrika; elefanter; Naeshorn; Bofler; Antiloper; Giraffer; Zebraer; Vildsvin; Lover; Leoparder; Cheetaher og Caracaler; De afrikanske Aber; Dyrelivets Fremtid i Afrika. This copy has an inscription to the half-title, "To Mr. J.C. Brown in remembrance of our jolly flight from Nairobi to Copenhagen, April 1947. Yours sincerely, Boje Benzon. May 1952". Text in Danish.
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42572
| Author | Benzon (Dr. Boje). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 42572 |
| ISBN | B01NAMHAE6 . |
| Book Description | Some use, slight spotting but solidly intact paperback. Inscribed by the author*. |
| Book Cover | Paperback |
| Published Date | 1948 |
| Publisher | Westermanns Forlag. |
| Place | Copenhagen, Denmark. |