The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
ISBN: 9781589760769
出版社: Stackpole Books
出版年: 2001-06
页数: 438
定价: USD 18.95
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
Sir Samuel Baker writes in his introduction, "This being a concise summary of the Nile system, I shall describe twelve months' exploration, during which I examined every individual river that is tributary to the Nile from Abyssinia." But how can you resist a book that includes such chapter sub-headings as "Save me from my Friends" or "Pest Spots of the World"? Baker learned Arabic, took his wife with him and set off into the unknown. Opinionated, witty, and a great hunter; in short the very model of a proper British Explorer of the 19th century.