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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Focus on Africa.

New York: American Geographic Society, 1941.

Includes the first aerial photographs of Africa taken by Mary Light. This was the second book to reproduce aerial photographs. Richard Light was an American neurosurgeon, a noted aviator, and a photographer and cinematographer.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#13881
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/16171
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLfocus-on-africa

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York