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Lot 340
SPEKE, JOHN HANNING Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First edition. Contemporary three-quarters calf over marbled boards, the spine in six compartments separated by five raised bands, gilt morocco lettering piece in one and gilt-tooled in the rest. 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches; xxxi, 658 pp.; folding map, frontispiece, plates, in-text illustrations. Extremities rubbed, overopened, scattered foxing, bookplate to front pastedown.
"In this cornerstone book of African exploration, Speke describes his search for the fabled source of the Nile. Accompanied by James A. Grant, the author trekked from the coast into the highlands around then unknown Lake Victoria from whence the Nile flowed. After crossing the Ajagara Range, the party trekked into Mgunda Mkhali where rhinoceros and buffalo were hunted. Later, as they crossed into the kingdom of Uganda, rhino and hippopotamus were bagged. They continued their trek down the Nile where buffalo, eland and rhinoceros were stalked before finally encountering the camp of Samuel White Baker" (Czech). Czech, Africa, pp. 260-261; Howgego IV S53-4; Ibrahim-Hilmy 255.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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