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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

PICTORIAL AFRICA ITS HEROES, MISSIONARIES, AND MARTYRS

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Brown linen hard cover with gold lettering and illustration of African scene on front. Frontis: Wood Engraving of Henry Stanley, F.R.G.S. Stirring Narratives of Perils, Adventures, and Achievements, together with a full and Descriptive Account of The Peoples, Deserts, Forests, Rivers, Lakes, and Mountains of the 'Dark Continent'. 396 pages, illustrated with upwards of one hundred well-executed wood engravings, including portraits of all the most remarkable Travellers that have visited Africa, engraved by Artists of celebrity. Contents page and List of Wood Engravings. On front end paper is stamped 'M.A. Williams'.

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cwa-org-51-B2008.17

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Africa Nineteenth Century

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Africa in late 1890's. How the British saw Africa at that time through their heroes, missionaries etc.

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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