Portuguese Nyassaland

An Account of the Discovery, Native Population, Agricultural, and Mineral Resources, and Present Administration of the Territory of the Nyassa Company with A Review of the Portuguese Rule on the East Coast of Africa - Extremely scarce, definitive work on this Portuguese colony in Central Africa, between the lake and the Indian Ocean, with special emphasis on Northern Mozambique, the territory under the control of the Nyassa Company. 1899 true first edition, with gilt crest on front cover.

295 pp with black & white photographic plates and two folding maps in pocket at the back of the volume.

Good condition in worn but still bright red covers with gilt title on spine and upper cover along with gilt crest. Corners are a little bumped. Paste down ex-libris inside front endpapers; some mild foxing on endpapers but particularly on tissue papers.