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Anecdotes in Travels, from the Cape of Good Hope into the interior parts of Africa.

Anecdotes in Travels, from the Cape of Good Hope into the interior parts of Africa.From the French of M. Vaillant.

London, Printed for W. Darton & Co. Gracechurch Street 1790.
Engraving, 125 x 160mm. 5 x 6¼".
Frontispiece for an English translation of 'Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique' by François le Vaillant (1753-1824), French explorer. On the right is an illustration of 'the author attacked by a wounded elephant', with text below: 'at that moment I was not more than twenty yards from the enraged anumal, with a gun, weighing thirty pounds, I ran but the beast gained ground upon me.' From the Capper album.
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