KNOX, Alexander.

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Notes on the Geology of the Continent of Africa. With an Introduction and Bibliography. First edition. The author, the long-serving map curator at the War Office, argues for an more thorough understanding of "military geology": a thorough understanding of terrain and rivers is the essential precursor to effective systems of military communications and expansion. The print-run numbered 500 copies.Provenance: Humphrey Winterton, the major travel collector, with his book label on the inside of the custom box. This was number 776 in Maggs Catalogue 1343, From the Abyssinian Expedition to the Mau Mau Insurrection: The African Library of Humphrey Winterton (2003).

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