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Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856

Author: Ellis, William
Price: $198.00
Publisher Location: London
Publisher: John Murray
Year Published: 1858
Book Condition: Very Good
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Edition: First Edition
Continuation of the title, "Including a Journey to the Capital with Notices of the Natural History of the Country and of the Present Civilisation of the People". Pages xvii, 470. Original gilt figures and palm tree on the front cover, on dark blue cloth. The spine is unfaded, but a bit of edgewear. Binding protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. Inside, some foxing to the first and last few leaves. Ellis was sent to Madagascar three times to investigate whether Christians were being maltreated. That investigation was not productive, as he was denied access to the capital, but it was the first widely read account of the island, and a thorough description of the society, customs, religion and natural history.
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