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MARQUES (Agostinho Sisenando). OS CLIMAS e as Produções das Terras de Malange à Lunda. 1884-1888. Lisboa. 1889.

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MARQUES (Agostinho Sisenando)

OS CLIMAS e as Produções das Terras de Malange à Lunda. 1884-1888. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1889.

720 pp., 1 retrato do autor, 10 gravuras a preto, 16 litografias coloridas da flora: il.; 225 mm. Half calf; gilt edges; water stained; signed by the author.

This is one of the volumes that make up the collection on the Portuguese Expedition to Muatiânvua with the description of a journey in Africa from Malange to Mataba, through the valleys of the rivers Cuango, Uhamba, Camau, Cuengo, Cuillo, Luengue, Luchico, Luel , Chicapa, Luachimo, Quihumbo, Luhembe and other places, with meteorological observations, flora, fauna, diseases manifested in the explorers, autochthonous villages, agriculture, etc. It is illustrated separately with 16 lithographs depicting some of the flora found. Very rare.

 

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