Vernon Quinn's Picture Map Geographies have been an indispensable part of painless teaching of geography for many years. This new volume on Africa continues her round-the-world pageant. Geographical facts are enriched by history and legend of this fascinating continent and Charles Pont's picture maps make clear at a glance the special features of each country in its peoples, products, and animal life.

The once "dark continent" is revealed as a land of extraordinarily interesting people from desert dwellers to the pygmies of the Congo; of great cities such as Cairo and Johannesburg; of wealth in diamonds and gold; of teeming animal life of many varieties from elephants to gazelles. 

The boy or girl who is introduced to Africa in these pages will receive a clear and comprehensive impression of a wonderful land and a lasting invitation to learn more of it.

From the dust jacket