ANSORGE (W.J.)

Under the African Sun.

A Description of Native Races in Uganda, Sporting Adventures and other Experiences. First edition. 2 colour & 16 further plates, with numerous illustrations in the text. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt & blind-stamped, slightly worn with occasional spotting. xiv, 355pp. London, 1899.

£600.00

“A medical officer in Uganda, Ansorge made half a dozen trips into the bush to visit native settlements, and much of the scope of this volume presents these encounters” (Czech). He also made hunting trips in the Unyoro region east of Lake Albert and on the Shiri and Zambesi Rivers. Ansorge records the killing of elephant, hippo and rhinoceros. Czech, p6.

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