From Benguella to the Territory of Yacca: Description of a Journey Into Central and West Africa. Comprising Narratives, Adventures, and Important Surveys of the Sources of the Rivers, Cunene, Cubango, Luando, Cuanza, and Cuango, and of Great Part of the Course of the Two Latter; Together with the Discovery of the Rivers Hamba, Cauali, Sussa, and Cugho, and a Detailed Account of the Territories of Quiteca, N'bungo, Sosso, Futa, and Yacca, Volume 1S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882 - Angola |
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