Nils Astrup's 1889 trek translated : a missionary journey to the Limpopo

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Astrup, Nils, 1843-1919, author

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This book is the long-awaited, English translation and edition of Nils Astrup's account of his 1889 trek from the British colony of Natal through Zululand and Swaziland to Portuguese East Africa. B...

This book is the long-awaited, English translation and edition of Nils Astrup's account of his 1889 trek from the British colony of Natal through Zululand and Swaziland to Portuguese East Africa. Based on a diary which Astrup kept while travelling, his book was published in Norwegian as En Missionsreise til Limpopo gjennem Zululand, Swaziland og Tongaland ind i Riget Umgaza in 1891. This three-month excursion was undertaken to explore possibilities for expandi.

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