NEW LIGHT ON DARK AFRICA

1 volume. First edition translated from the German by H. W. Dulcken.

Profusely decorated with a frontispiece portrait.

32 full-page plates + over sixty in-text illustrations

from designs by Rudolf Hellgrewe.

Large colour-map in pocket at rear [80 x 72 cm].

Publishers original red-brick cloth.

Pictorial decorations on the upper cover and

spine in gilt, black, blue-grey and white.

Glossy black endpapers.

Bookplate of J. Henry Jones.

xviii, 597 pages.

Lovely bright and attractive copy with little evidence of use.

Text very clean and solid.

"First edition of this important book, seldom found in this

condition. The elusive written account of the expedition

led by Germany's counterpart to Henry M. Stanley. It presents

the story of the journey to find Emin Pasha on the Upper Nile,

by approaching from Africa's East coast. Peters followed Pigott

in exploring the Tana river and gained notoriety by his political

activities to secure influence in the interior. Although the expedition

was avowedly formed to aid in the Emin Pasha relief effort, the intent

was also to extend the sphere of German influence in Uganda and Equatoria.

This expedition was not sanctioned by the German government and was

regarded by the British authorities as a filibustering exploit. Reaching

Uganda in early 1890, Peters concluded a treaty with Kabaka Mwanga II

of Buganda in favour of Germany. This roused the British ire and occasioned

their effort to counteract his activities, and to gain further control over both

Kenya Colony and Uganda."

"The work includes several sporting incidents, including rhinoceros near the

Tana River and buffalo in Masaii territory. This work is wonderfully illustrated,

particularly regarding the battles waged between the expedition and hostile tribes."

[Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to

1950, p.128).

Recorded shipping weight 2500g.

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