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Frederick William Hugh Migeod Through British Cameroons 1 volume. First edition 1925. Publishers
1 volume. First edition 1925.
Publishers olive green cloth with blind-stamped borders.
Titles to spine.
285 pages + fold-out map at rear.
Frontispiece + full-page illustrations.
In-text line drawings.
"Frederick William Hugh Migeod was born 9 August 1872 in Chislehurst, Kent.
Educated at Folkestone he joined the Royal Navy Pay Department in 1889.
In 1900 he began service with the Colonial Civil Service and was stationed
in the Gold Coast until 1919. He then began a series of expeditions to Lake Chad,
Cameroon, Sierra Leone and twice crossed equatorial Africa. From 1925-1927 and
again in 1929 and 1931 he led a British Museum East Africa expedition to excavate
dinosaur bones. Following his return to England he became a local councillor and
Alderman in Worthing and was Chairman of the British Union for Abolition of
Vivisection. He married Madeleine Marguerite Adrienne Charlotte Banks in 1925.
He died on 8 July 1952."
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/42eedb99-b687-3e8b-9777-0dcaeb46d2f0
Recorded shipping weight 1500g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
Heath Cranton
London
1925
First edition
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1 volume. First edition 1925.
Publishers olive green cloth with blind-stamped borders.
Titles to spine.
285 pages + fold-out map at rear.
Frontispiece + full-page illustrations.
In-text line drawings.
"Frederick William Hugh Migeod was born 9 August 1872 in Chislehurst, Kent.
Educated at Folkestone he joined the Royal Navy Pay Department in 1889.
In 1900 he began service with the Colonial Civil Service and was stationed
in the Gold Coast until 1919. He then began a series of expeditions to Lake Chad,
Cameroon, Sierra Leone and twice crossed equatorial Africa. From 1925-1927 and
again in 1929 and 1931 he led a British Museum East Africa expedition to excavate
dinosaur bones. Following his return to England he became a local councillor and
Alderman in Worthing and was Chairman of the British Union for Abolition of
Vivisection. He married Madeleine Marguerite Adrienne Charlotte Banks in 1925.
He died on 8 July 1952."
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/42eedb99-b687-3e8b-9777-0dcaeb46d2f0
Recorded shipping weight 1500g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
Heath Cranton
London
1925
First edition
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