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Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

Name: Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
Author: Speke, John Hanning

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8vo (218x147mm), orig. brown cloth, rebacked with original spine preserved, ornate gilt border to front cover, blind to rear, gilt title and decoration (including vignette of King of Uganda) to spine, all edges gilt, new endpapers. Title page and frontispiece lightly foxed, tissue guard browed. Very good. Cat. no. 57936

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Second edition. A landmark account of Victorian exploration, this firsthand narrative documents John Hanning Speke’s 1860-1863 expedition that identified Lake Victoria as the headwaters of the Nile. Combining travel diary, geographical observation, and ethnographic detail, it became a foundational text in African exploration literature and a pivotal work in the long-debated quest to locate the Nile’s source. The volume also includes dramatic accounts of big-game hunting. Most of the illustrations are by Captain James Augustus Grant (1827-1892), who accompanied Speke on this famous expedition.
Czech p. 260.

Author Speke, John Hanning

Date 1864

Publisher William Blackwood and Sons

Condition Very good.

Pages xxxi, 658, [2]-ads

Price: £240.00

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