Rebound in early 20th century three-quarter leather. Five raised bands on spine with titles in gilt. Top edge gilt. Former owner's name "C. V. Eckford, 9/3/56. Nairobi" on front endpaper.
xxxi + 658pp.
All plates and illustrations present. Map in front present but fold-out map at rear missing.
Binding tight and square. Pages clean. Pages 561-76 bound in after page 592, with old pencil note at the bottom indicating thus "See page 592 for continuation (Frank). This might possibly be a note by early africana book dealer and specialist Frank Thorold.
A true classic of African exploration. Speke was an English explorer and the first European to reach Lake Victoria in East Africa, which he correctly identified as the long-sought source of the Nile. This is the account of his third and final expedition to Africa, which was organised by the Royal Geographic Society and took place in 1860. On this expedition Speke was accompanied by his friend and fellow Indian army officer James Grant (1827-1892), having fallen out with his former travel companion Richard Burton.
The appendix contains a list of the plants collected by Captain Grant between Zanzibar and Cairo, also a list of men, their duties and pay during the expedition.
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