The Kilima-Njaro Expedition

The Kilima-Njaro Expedition: A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa and a General Description of the Natural History, Languages and Commerce of the Kilima-Njaro District.

The great explorer/administrator's first major work on East Africa; the book chronicles his unsuccessful attempts at attaining the summit and contains much information on the natural history of this landmark. 572 pages with engraved plates text illustrations and maps, some folding; all present.

In 1882 Johnston visited southern Angola with the Earl of Mayo, and in the following year met Henry Morton Stanley in the Congo, becoming one of the first Europeans after Stanley to see the river above the Stanley Pool. His developing reputation led the Royal Geographical Society and the British Association to appoint him leader of an 1884 scientific expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro. On this expedition he concluded treaties with local chiefs (which were then transferred to the British East Africa Company), in competition with German efforts to do likewise (Wikipedia)