1926 An African Eldorado The Belgian Congo

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of the work.

In publisher's original brown cloth binding. 

With a frontispiece, 22 plates and 4 maps, 3 of which folding. Collated, complete.

Written by Thomas Alexander Barnes, an English businessman, explorer, big game hunter, author, artist, naturalist and lecturer connected with the opening up of Central Africa by Europeans in the early 20th century. 

The author paints an illuminating picture of central Africa, including the fertility of tropical soil, the scope for development of the wealth of its natural vegetation, its metalliferous ores and precious stones, and indicates the respective roles of the white man and the native in its development.