Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile / by John Hanning Speke. With map and portraits, and numerous illustrations, chiefly from drawings by Captain Grant

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Very good copy bound in faux leather over cloth. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine, with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges slighty rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxxi, 658 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, folded maps 22 cm. Notes; With folding and col. map of Eastern Equatorial Africa at end. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; London to Zanzibar, 1859 -- Uzaramo -- Usagara -- Ugogo, and the wilderness of Mgunda Mkahli -- Unyamuezi -- Uzinza -- Usui -- Karague -- History of the Wahuma -- Karague and Uganda -- Palace, Uganda -- March down the Northern slopes of Africa -- Bahr el Abiad -- Unyoro -- The march to Madi -- Madi -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Native establishment of the expedition -- Appendix B: List of property (African money) sent forward to Kazé to the care of M sa M'z ri, carried by 56 Pagazis, or Wanyam ézi Porters, who were paid in advance $511, under the command of two freed slaves, who received $100 -- Appendix C: List of large game bagged by the East African Expedition -- Appendix D: List of astronomically fixed stations -- Appendix E: Heights of stations determined by observations of boiling-point of water between Zanzibar and Gondokoro -- Appendix F: Climate of Victoria N'yanza -- Appendix G: List of plants collected by Captain Grant between Zanzibar and Cairo ; Notes on other plants partly from native information ; Note on Captain Grant's collection of plants / by Dr. T. Thomson. Subjects; Speke, John Hanning 1827-1864. Speke, John Hanning ; Biography. Speke, John Hanning 1827-1864 Travel Nile River Valley. 1 Kg.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile / by John Hanning Speke. With map and portraits, and numerous illustrations, chiefly from drawings by Captain Grant

Verlag

Edinburgh; London : W. Blackwood and Sons

Erscheinungsjahr

1984

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0705415023

ISBN-13

9780705415026

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

Third Edition.

Gewicht

1 Kilogramm