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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Nile Basin | Part 1: showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir; a Memoir read before the Royal Geographical Society, November 14, 1864; Part 2: Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile, a Review | Richard F. Burton (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2020 | hansebooks | EAN 9783348019378 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir. A memoir read before the Royal Geographical Society . With prefatory remarks. By R. F. Burton, F.R.G.S. Part II. Captain Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile. A review by James M'Queen . Reprinted . from the 'Morning Advertiser.'.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism, topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and significant tracts of North America. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Burton, Richard Francis; Speke, John Hanning; br/b/b 1864.br/b/b 195 p. ; 8º.br/b/b 10096.bb.24.br/.

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8vo, pp.[4], 195, [1, blank], with 3 maps; a little foxing at end, a very good copy; bound in original maroon cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers; spine slightly sunned, a little wear to extremities, a few small marks to boards, hinges neatly reinforced; partly erased ink inscription dated 1870 to head of half-title, embossed blind stamp of W.H.Smith & Son library to front free endpaper, bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown.First edition, complete with the three maps. This work, 'which absolutely exudes venom, was the heart of Burton's frontal attack on [John Hanning] Speke's geographical theories. Burton dedicated it, with a marked degree of sarcasm, to "those kind friends, especially to those members of the Royal Geographical Society, who have aided and encouraged me to come forward with this statement"' (Casada). The second part comprises James MacQueen's 'scathing attack on John Speke through a lengthy review of the latter's Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile' (ibid.).Francis Galton's 1864 review of The Nile Basin for The Reader (vol.IV, p.728) suggests that Burton and MacQueen are far too harsh in their criticisms of Speke.Casada 49; Penzer pp.7475.

First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], iv, [5]-195, [1], 4 (ads); 3 maps; contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, unlettered spine; scuffed and rubbed; good and sound. Part I, which constitutes Burton's portion, contains 2 maps and terminates on p. 65. Penzer, p. 74: "Good copies are scarce." Casada 49: This two-part work also included James McQueen's scathing attack of John Speke through a lengthy review of the latter's Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile . The work, which exudes venom, was the heart of Burton's frontal attack on Speke's geographical theories.".