2 Volumes. First edition.
From the private library of Sir W. G. Gordon Cumming., Bart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Gordon-Cumming,_4th_Baronet
Armorial book-plate in each volume.
With maps, portraits, and upwards of fifty full-page illustrations
by Zwecker and Durand.
Half-leather over mottled boards. Raised bands and gilt title.
Gilt floral vignettes in spine compartments.
Marbled endpapers. Repairs to map seams. Light foxing.
Volume I.
viii, 447 pages.
Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard.
Large fold-out colour map [repaired].
Full-page plates/illustrations.
Volume II.
viii, 588 pages.
Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard.
Map of Albert N'yanza.
12 full-page plates/illustrations.
In 1869 Samuel Baker was appointed to a four year term
as Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile basin.
It was hoped he could establish trade routes in the region,
open up navigation on the Great Lakes, establish the cultivation
of cotton and extinguish the slave trade. In his earlier exploits in Africa
he had witnessed first hand the horror and misery of that barbaric practice.
His remit allowed him ultimate power in his task to abolish slavery with the
ultimate authority to inflict death in his endeavors. There narrative includes
tales of hunting, ambushes and night attacks as they went about their
objective. Samuel Baker is considered one of the great explorers of his time.
Shipping weight of 3000g
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- Overall Condition: very good
- Size: 22.5 x 16 cm
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