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Author Peters, Carl, 1856-1918.

Title The Eldorado of the ancients / by Carl Peters
Published London : C.A. Pearson, 1902
London : C. A. Pearson, ltd., 1902

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 ADPML SPC  967.902 Pet/Eot  LIB USE ONLY
Description x, 447 pages, 1 unnumbered page : frontispiece, illustrations, portrait, 2 folded maps, ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction -- My call to Ophir -- Early explorations -- Among the Makalanga -- Spring on the Zambesi -- The Kingdom of Macombe -- Ancient ruins in Inyanga -- In the heart of Manicaland -- Sunshine and storm -- By ox-waggon on the Sabi -- Among big game -- The gold of Ophir -- The Erythrean world before the time of Solomon -- The goal of the Ophir voyages -- An ancient Eldorado -- Goal of the voyages to Punt -- Connection with Ancient Egypt -- The future of Ancient Ophir -- Advance of the white race -- Mines, railways, and harbours -- Appendix: A find of coins
Notes "My discoveries show particularly that the "Ophir" of the time of Solomon was the country between the lower Bambesi and the Limpopo river."--Introd
Subject Peters, Carl, 1856-1918 -- Travel -- Africa, Southern.
Gold mines and mining -- South Africa.
Gold mines and mining -- History.
Ophir.
SUBJECT South Africa -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125459
Mozambique -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002196
Africa, Southern -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001654
Genre/Form History.
Author Peters, Carl, 1856-1918.
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., publisher
LC no. 03006953