Africa's Great Rift Valley - Couverture rigide

Pavitt Nigel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0810906023 ISBN 13 : 9780810906020

Editeur : Harry N. Abrams, 2001

Synopsis

Spanning some 3500 miles of the African continent, from Ethiopia in the north to Mozambique in the south, the Great Rift Valley is home to an astounding array of flora and fauna, including a great concentration of glassland animals amd three of the world's four great apes: the chimpanzee, bonobo and gorilla. Nigel Pavitt has lived in the region for 45 years and has travelled this wild terrain many times, across salt flats and up ice-capped mountains. He tells the story of the Great Rift Valley's geological evolution, its tribal life, and its exploration and discovery by Europeans, including fascinating characters as Sir Richard Burton, Dr David Livingstone and Henry Stanley.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nigel Pavitt arrived in Kenya in 1955 as an 18 year old British Army soldier. He fell in love with the country and has remained ever since, serving 20 years in the African Rifles, and then as an official in the Kenya government. Retired from public service, he is commercially involved in an ostrich farm and a rose-growing business but spends all his free time traveling throughout Africa photographing landscapes and people and documenting African history. He lives in Nairobi, Kenya in the Karen district, made famous by Karen Blixen, the writer Isaac Dinesen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harry N. Abrams
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810906023
• ISBN 13: 9780810906020
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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