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Autore |
Kistner Alzada Carlisle |
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Titolo |
An affair with Africa : expeditions and adventures across a continent / / Alzada Carlisle Kistner |
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Washington, D.C. : , : Island Press, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-59726-832-1 |
1-4175-9421-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Staphylinidae - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Army ants - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Africa, Sub-Saharan Description and travel |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Shearwater book"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; First Word; Part I: First Expedition; Ch 1: Ants Everywhere: Belgian Congo; CH 2: Uhuru--Freedom: Republic of the Congo; Ch 3: Plans Revised: Kenya; Part II: Second Expedition; Ch 4: Dripping Army Ants: Liberia; Ch 5: Wa-Wa--West Africa Wins Again: Ivory Coast; Part III: Third Expedition; Ch 6: Collecting a Trois: South Africa; Ch 7: German Shadows: Tanzania; Part IV: Fourth Expedition; Ch 8: A Classic Expedition: Rhodesia; Ch 9: East Africa in Transition: Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda; Part V: Fifth Expedition; Ch 10: Travel by Sea--The African Lightning; Ch 11: Sand and More Sand: South-West Africa/ Namibia; Ch 21: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend: Angola; Ch 13: Family Matters; Ch 14: Last Great Safari: Botswana; Last Word |
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