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view What we did in South Africa in 1873 / Edmund Byron ; printed for private circulation only digital asset number 1
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What we did in South Africa in 1873 / Edmund Byron ; printed for private circulation only

Author:
Byron, Edmund  Search this
Former owner:
Vans Agnew, Eliza DSI  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Byron, Edmund Travel  Search this
Physical description:
136 pages ; 19 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
South Africa
Date:
1874
Topic:
Hunting  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
SK251 .B97 1874
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_776797
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Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron

Author:
Cameron, Verney Lovett 1844-1894  Search this
Author:
Oliver, Daniel 1830-1916  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 volume, [33] leaves of plates illustrations, map, 4 facsimiles (3 fold) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, Central
Africa, East
Central Africa
Date:
1877
19th century
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Indigenous peoples  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Travel  Search this
Fever  Search this
Human Experimentation  Search this
Smallpox  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT351 .C25 1877
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_935257
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Men and creatures in Uganda, by Sir John Bland-Sutton, bt. With ninety-four engravings on wood

Author:
Bland-Sutton, John Sir 1855-1936  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
252 p. illus. (incl. map) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, East
Uganda
Date:
1933
[1933]
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT425 .B62X 1933
DT425.B62X 1933
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_204802
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African mirage, the record of a journey, by Hoyningen-Huene; illustrated from the author's photographs

Author:
Hoyningen-Huene, George 1900-1968  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
v, [3], 114 p. front., illus. (map) plates. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
1938
Topic:
Indigenous peoples  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT12 .H65 1938X
DT12.H65 1938X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_276796
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Out in the midday sun : my Kenya / Elspeth Huxley

Title:
My Kenya
Author:
Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant 1907-1997-  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant 1907- Homes and haunts  Search this
Physical description:
x, 262 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Biography
Place:
Kenya
Date:
1987
20th century
1895-1963
Topic:
Authors, English--Biography  Search this
Country life  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_792563
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Tony Grogan's South African sketchbook

Author:
Grogan, Tony  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[128] p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 29 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Place:
South Africa
Namibia
Date:
1984
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Views  Search this
Call number:
DT753.4 .G87 1984
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_261926
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The northern goldfields diaries of Thomas Baines; edited by J. P. R. Wallis

Author:
Baines, Thomas 1820-1875  Search this
Wallis, J. P. R (John Peter Richard) 1880-1957  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
3 v. fronts. (1 col.) illus., plates (part col.) ports., maps (part fold.) 27 cm
Type:
Books
Sources
Place:
Matabeleland
Zimbabwe
Date:
1946
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DT964.M4B3X 1946
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_400378
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Stanley le roi des explorateurs, 1840-1904 Joseph Joûbert

Title:
H.M. Stanley lectures, addresses, & ephemera DSI
Author:
JouÌ‚bert, Joseph  Search this
Former owner:
Stanley, Dorothy Lady 1855-1926 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
JouÌ‚bert, Joseph DSI  Search this
Publisher:
Germain & G. Grassin  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Bookseller:
Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Physical description:
54 pages portrait 29 cm, in box 37 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1905
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Call number:
M184n
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116719
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Lecture : the dark continent and its people, or, Africa and the Africans

Title:
Dark continent and its people, or, Africa and the Africans
Africa and the Africans
H.M. Stanley lectures, addresses, & ephemera DSI
Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Former owner:
Stanley, Dorothy Lady 1855-1926 DSI  Search this
Printer:
William Clowes and Sons  Search this
Bookseller:
Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. DSI  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
40 pages 31 cm, in box 37 cm
Type:
Books
Lectures
Place:
Africa
Date:
1878
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
M184a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116774
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How Livingstone was found in Central Africa [by Henry M. Stanley]

Title:
H.M. Stanley lectures, addresses, & ephemera DSI
Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Stanley, Dorothy Lady 1855-1926 DSI  Search this
Printer:
Spottiswoode & Co.,  Search this
Bookseller:
Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd., DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
52 pages 26 cm, in box 37 cm
Type:
Books
Lectures
Place:
Africa, Central
Date:
1886
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
M184b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116775
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Incidents of the journey through the dark continent by H.M. Stanley

Title:
H.M. Stanley lectures, addresses, & ephemera DSI
Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Former owner:
Stanley, Dorothy Lady 1855-1926 DSI  Search this
Printer:
William Clowes and Sons  Search this
Bookseller:
Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd., DSI  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
48 pages 34 cm, in box 37 cm
Type:
Books
Lectures
Place:
Africa
Zanzibar
Date:
1886
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
M184d
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116777
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The rescue of Emin Pasha and our march athwart darkest Africa [a lecture] by H.M. Stanley

Title:
H.M. Stanley lectures, addresses, & ephemera DSI
Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Annotator:
Stanley, Dorothy Lady 1855-1926 DSI  Search this
Printer:
William Clowes and Sons  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Bookseller:
Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd., DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
2 unnumbered pages, 41 pages 34 cm, in box 37 cm
Type:
Books
Lectures
Place:
Africa, Central
Date:
1890
Call number:
M184f
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116788
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Across Africa, and the rescue and retreat of Emin Pasha by H.M. Stanley

Title:
H.M. Stanley lectures, addresses, & ephemera DSI
Author:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904  Search this
Former owner:
Stanley, Dorothy Lady 1855-1926 DSI  Search this
Printer:
William Clowes and Sons  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Bookseller:
Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stanley, Henry M (Henry Morton) 1841-1904 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
2 unnumbered pages, 35 pages 34 cm, in box 37 cm
Type:
Books
Lectures
Place:
Africa, Central
Date:
1890
Call number:
M184h
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116789
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Two African trips with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa by Edward North Buxton

Author:
Buxton, Edward North 1840-1924  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 208, [80] leaves of plates folded map (in pocket) 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Africa, East
Sudan
Date:
1902
Topic:
Hunting  Search this
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
SK251 .B96 1902
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_935255
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Glimpses of East Africa and Zanzibar by Ethel Younghusband. With fifty-eight illustrations from photographs and a map

Author:
Younghusband, Ethel  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 17-320 pages front., plates, folded map 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, East
Date:
1910
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Hunting  Search this
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT425.Y6X 1910
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_289648
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A journal of a tour in the Congo Free State by Marcus R. P. Dorman

Author:
Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 192 pages illustrations, plates, portrait, double map 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kongo <Demokratische Republik>
Date:
1905
Topic:
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT646.D7X 1905
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_290316
view Abyssinia through the Lion-land to the court of the Lion of Judah by Herbert Vivian. With 80 illustrations and two maps digital asset number 1
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Abyssinia through the Lion-land to the court of the Lion of Judah by Herbert Vivian. With 80 illustrations and two maps

Author:
Vivian, Herbert 1865-1940  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 342 pages illustrations, plates, portraits, 2 folded maps 23 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Ethiopia
Date:
1901
Topic:
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT377 .V85 1901
DT377.V85 1901
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_283422
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A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772 to 1776 by Andrew Sparrman ... ; translated from the Swedish original ; with plates ; in two volumes

Author:
Sparrman, Anders 1748-1820  Search this
Author:
Forster, Georg 1754-1794  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Tempest, D. J., DSI  Search this
Subject:
Cook, James 1728-1779 Travel  Search this
Sparrman, Anders 1748-1820 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
2 volume, [11] leaves of plates (1 folded) illustrations, map 30 cm. (4to)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Place:
South Africa
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Cape Town (South Africa)
Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Eastern Cape
Date:
1786
Topic:
Voyages around the world  Search this
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT826 .S73 1786
DT826.S73 1786
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_283888
view Sketches representing the native tribes, animals, and scenery of southern Africa from drawings made by the late Mr. Samuel Daniell engraved by William Daniell digital asset number 1
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Sketches representing the native tribes, animals, and scenery of southern Africa from drawings made by the late Mr. Samuel Daniell engraved by William Daniell

Title:
Sketches in southern Africa
Author:
Daniell, Samuel 1775-1811  Search this
Author:
Barrow, John Sir 1764-1848  Search this
Daniell, William 1769-1837  Search this
Somerville, William 1771-1860  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[5] leaves, 48 leaves of plates, [48] leaves illustrations 35 x 34 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Pictorial works
Engravings
Illustrated works
Place:
Africa, Southern
South Africa
Date:
1820
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Ethnic Groups  Search this
Natural History  Search this
Call number:
DT731 .D18 1820
DT731.D18 1820
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_284885
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Shots and snapshots in British East Africa by E. Bennet ... with fifty-one illustrations from photographs and two maps

Author:
Bennet, Edward  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 312 pages frontispiece, plates, 2 folded maps 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, East
Date:
1914
Topic:
Hunting  Search this
Call number:
SK255.B8B4X 1914
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270553

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