Hermann Norden

Hermann Norden (1868/1869–November 1931) was an American

His book "White and Black in East Africa" was a great success, His book "Byways of the Tropic Seas: Wanderings Among the Solomons and in the Malay Archipelago" was criticised in Nature as superficial and inaccurate.

For his book "Africa's Last Empire", he met Ras Tafari (Haile Selassi). His last book, A Wanderer in Indo-China, was published a week before his death.

Books

"From Golden Gate to Golden Sun: A Record of Travel, Sport, and Observation in Siam and Malaya by Norden". H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1923. "Fresh Tracks in the Belgian Congo: From the Uganda Border to the Mouth of the Congo". H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1924. "White and Black in East Africa". H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1924. "Byways of the Tropic Seas: Wanderings Among the Solomons and in the Malay Archipelago". H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1926. "Under Persian Skies: A Record of Travel by the Old Caravan Routes of Western Persia". H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1928. "Africa's Last Empire: Through Abyssinia to Lake Tana and the country of the Falasha". H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1930. "A Wanderer in Indo-China: The Chronicle of a Journey Through Annam, Tong-King, Laos, and Cambodgia , with Some Account of Their People". H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1931.