0899-22 BENT, J[ames] Theodore. The ruined cities of Mashonaland. Being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891. With a chapter on the orientation and mensuration of the temples by R[obert] M[cNair] W[ilson] Swan. Encyclopedia Britannica (1911), III, 746 - Erstausgabe des Reise- und Forschungsberichtes von James Theodore Bent (1852-1897). "Bent spent a year in South Africa, with the object, by investigation of some of the ruins in Mashonaland, of throwing light on the vexed question of their origin and on the early history of East Africa. He made the first detailed examination of the Great Zimbabwe. Bent described his work in The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland" (Britannica).
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1892. 8°. XI, 376 S., 24 S.(Verlagsanz.). Mit 12 ganzs. Taf. u. 5, dav. 3 gefalt. Karten sowie zahlr. Ill. im Text. Blaues OLn. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel u. goldgeprägter Deckel-Ill. Kapitale, Ecken u. Kanten berieben. Innengelenke aufgeplatzt u. gelockert. Innen leicht gebräunt u. vereinzelt leicht stockfleckig.
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