Madagascar, Mauritius and the other East-African islands

By C. Keller

Step ashore in the Indian Ocean, where rainforest, reef, and empire meet. Islands change every traveller, forever. In Dr. C. Keller's historical travel writing classic, Madagascar, Mauritius and the other East-African islands gathers a complete travel account of journeys across Indian Ocean islands and east African archipelagos. Part exploration travelogue, part field notebook, it moves between landscape, people, and the textures of daily life: madagascar natural history alongside mauritius travel and culture, ports and plantations, highland paths and coastal lagoons. Sea passages and shoreline sketches keep the narrative moving, with observations on climate, soils, and species that shaped early European ideas of these far-flung stations at sea. Keller writes with a clinician's eye for detail and a traveller's curiosity, making it ideal for armchair travel readers who want place and atmosphere rather than fiction. As a work of Victorian exploration literature, the book records an era when island ecosystems and wildlife were being observed, named, collected, and too often reshaped by outside power. Read today, it offers a rich seam for colonial history research while also standing as a public domain travel classic for anyone drawn to ships, maps, and remote shorelines. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353707129
• ISBN13: 9789353707125
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"