
Quest For The Jade Sea
Colonial Competition Around An East African Lake
Pascal James Imperato(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2019
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-367-31751-5 (ISBN)
Description
The last of the major African lakes to be visited by European travelers in the late nineteenth century, Lake Rudolf lies in the eastern arm of the great Rift Valley in present-day northern Kenya, near the Ethiopian border. Also known as Lake Turkana, Lake Rudolf is a large saltwater body two hundred miles long and forty miles wide. Fed by the Omo R
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
678 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-31751-5 (9780367317515)
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Person
Pascal James Imperato is Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the State University of New York Downstate Medical centre.
Content
Introduction -- The Sources of the Nile -- A Whispered Reality -- A Race Across Maasai Land -- Visitors from Vienna -- An American Approaches from the South -- An American Arrives from the North -- Sportsmen and Ivory Hunters -- Italians at the Source -- Showdown on the Upper Nile -- An Orthodox Partnership -- A Courageous Young Soldier -- Doctor Smith Returns -- Replacing the Union Facks -- A Lakeside Tragedy -- Dividing the Spoils -- Epilogue