1 volume. First edition 1886.
Publishers pictorial red cover with black title.
Gilt title to spine.
Protective mylar cover.
xv, 572 pages.
Frontispiece portrait plate with tissue-guard.
Title vignette, 2 in-text maps.
2 full-page and 2 fold-out colour maps.
14 full-page colour plates.
Full-page and in-text illustrations.
Sporadic spotting.
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).
Recorded shipping weight 1500g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 21.5 x 14.5 cm
