1992, 1st edition. 207 pp, color photos. Until the latter half of the nineteenth century the interior of the country we now know as Kenya was hidden from the outside world. Scene of internecine strife, hostile tribes, waterless scrubland and trafficking in slaves and ivory, its secrets were revealed only when a handful of remarkable men braved the many dangers to travel inland. Kenya: The First Explorers is the story of five of them.
The Rev. Dr Johann Ludwig Krapf and fellow-missionary Johann Rebmann, Joseph Thomson, Hungarian Count Samuel Teleki von Szek , and Lieutenant Ludwig von Höhnel. Combining extracts from the explorers’ diaries, contemporary line engravings and lavish colour photographs, Nigel Pavitt produces a remarkable glimpse of a world that has now all but disappeared. Here is an enthralling account for the armchair traveller, the safari enthusiast and all those intrigued by tales of early exploration. Hardcover, DJ, New.
