{"product_id":"travel-sketches-from-liberia-phillip-robinson-9789004233478","title":"Travel Sketches from Liberia: Johann Büttikofer's 19th Century Rainforest Explorations in West Africa. Annotated English Edition","description":"In the 1880s a Swiss-born biologist, Johann Büttikofer, while working for the Royal Museum of Natural History in Leiden, The Netherlands, carried out two extended expeditions to Liberia, West Africa. In 1890 he published the results of his work in German in two-volumes, entitled \u003ci\u003eReisebilder aus Liberia\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eTravel Sketches from Liberia\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e Büttikofer worked extensively in the forested regions of coastal Liberia and made the acquaintance of many prominent Liberians and other personalities of that era. His zoological work there is actually exceeded by his detailed descriptions of the state of Liberia some 50 years following its colonization by freed American slaves and their descendents. It constitutes the first comprehensive monograph on the Republic of Liberia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004233474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004233478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013","brand":"Phillip Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454086525183,"sku":"9789004233478","price":244.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1fc0365-5fab-4cf5-9ee8-34f2a65c032a.jpg?v=1777304088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/travel-sketches-from-liberia-phillip-robinson-9789004233478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}