The First Edition Complete in 2 volumes.8vo. xii +503; vi + 519; 11 wood-engraved plates, one folding map, 4 single-page maps; The book itself is based upon notes taken during a fortnight's stay on the island prior to Burton & Speke's expedition to discover the source of the Nile. These notes, posted to the Royal Geographical Society, were not delivered for 8 years. By the time they again reached Burton's hand the Nile expedition had returned, Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria had been discovered and Speke was dead. The delayed publication of Zanzibar therefore gave Burton an opportunity to look back at subsequent events. The final chapters describe the "East African Expedition of 1857-1859" and the concluding chapter, 'Captain Speke', offers Burton's last word on his fellow explorer" see James Casada 72 Norman Penzer p88. A well-used rather grubby copy with occaisional pencil comments but no ownership marks in a crude half leather binding lettered to vol 2 only.and with repairs to the map and frontispiece of volume 2