The scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham

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The scramble for Africa by Thomas PakenhamSecond hand: Dust Jacket worn around the edges. ISBN: 9780947464479 Publisher: Jonathan Ball, 738 pages Hardcover, 738 pages In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of

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