BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE (Sir) The Albert N'yanza; great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources. London: MacMillan and Co., 1866. First edition. Two volumes, publisher's green pictorial cloth. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14.5 cm); (vol.1) iii-xxx, 396 pp.; (vol.2) x, [ii], 384 pp., 2 maps (one folding), 15 plates (1 colored). Light binding wear, some slight cockling to cloth, clean tear to one panel of the folding map from the margin. Baker discovered of Lake Albert as the source of the White Nile. As with all his travels, he hunted extensively, and was at one point pursued by an elephant. Czech (Africa) p. 10; Hilmy I p. 50. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE (Sir) The Albert N'yanza; great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources. London: MacMillan and Co., 1866. First edition. Two volumes, publisher's green pictorial cloth. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14.5 cm); (vol.1) iii-xxx, 396 pp.; (vol.2) x, [ii], 384 pp., 2 maps (one folding), 15 plates (1 colored). Light binding wear, some slight cockling to cloth, clean tear to one panel of the folding map from the margin. Baker discovered of Lake Albert as the source of the White Nile. As with all his travels, he hunted extensively, and was at one point pursued by an elephant. Czech (Africa) p. 10; Hilmy I p. 50. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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