The Exploration of Africa: From Cairo to the Cape
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The Exploration of Africa: From Cairo to the Cape is a 1991 illustrated monograph on the European exploration of Africa. Written by the French Africanist and historian Anne Hugon, and published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard as the 117th volume in their "Découvertes" collection. In 2003, the book was adapted as a documentary film by the title Le Mystère des sources du Nil.
First French edition. The cover featuring an illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1913.
Leaving Mrooli for the Lake by Samuel Baker, 19th-century watercolour featured on the back cover.
Découvertes Gallimard
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Découvertes Gallimard is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in pocket format. The books are concise introductions to particular subjects, written by experts and intended for a general audience.
Four titles from the collection, first row from left to right — Les feux de la Terre : Histoires de volcans, L'Afrique des explorateurs : Vers les sources du Nil, Tous les jardins du monde and Figures de l'héraldique; and their English editions published in the corresponding American and British series — Abrams Discoveries (second row) and New Horizons (third row), respectively.
pp. 40–41: the signs of the zodiac, miniatures from a book of hours.
pp. 80–81: all types of comets (cometography), illustrations from Theatrum Cometicum by Stanisław Lubieniecki.
"Découvertes Gallimard", the original edition.