Title: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Volume the Thirty-Third Author: [Speke, John Hanning; Richard F. Burton; et al.] Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1863 Description: [4] ad, cxcii, 356 pp. With 8 maps, 5 of them folding. 8¾x5½, original blue printed wrappers, housed in custom half morocco clamshell box. Important issue of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, containing among its many papers, John Hanning Speke's account of his discovery of the source of the Nile, "Upper Basin of the Nile," pp. 322-346, illustrated with a spectacular large map of the region hand-colored in outline. Also included are Richard F. Burton's "An Account of an Exploration of the Elephant Mountain, in Western Equatorial Africa," pp. 241-250; "Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to Lake Nyassa in 1661-63," pp. 251-276; and Samuel Baker's "Journey to Abyssinia in 1862, pp. 237-241. " Leaving Africa, we have Alfred Russell Wallace "On the Physical Geography of the Malay Archipelago," pp. 217-234, with map; accounts of various explorations in Australia by George Elphinstone Dalrymple and John M'Douall Stuart; journeys in Manchuria and China; etc. There is also mention of Speke's expedition, among others, in the Secretary's address. Speke's account is particularly seminal in its nature, being the first publication by the Society relating to the most celebrated event in African exploration, the culmination of the quest it sponsored to discover the source of the Nile River. Speke had embarked on the mission as second in command under Richard F. Burton, a partnership which would shatter under differing opinions as to the discoveries. Speke set out once again, seeking to verify his postulation of Lake Victoria as the source of the great river, and in July of 1862 verified his discovery. When word of his success was communicated to the public at the May 11, 1863, meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, it created great sensation. Speke's own, full account was published the same year. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to wrappers, splitting along spine with evidence of glazing, still very good, contents partially unopened. Item number: 190210
Title: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Volume the Thirty-Third Author: [Speke, John Hanning; Richard F. Burton; et al.] Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1863 Description: [4] ad, cxcii, 356 pp. With 8 maps, 5 of them folding. 8¾x5½, original blue printed wrappers, housed in custom half morocco clamshell box. Important issue of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, containing among its many papers, John Hanning Speke's account of his discovery of the source of the Nile, "Upper Basin of the Nile," pp. 322-346, illustrated with a spectacular large map of the region hand-colored in outline. Also included are Richard F. Burton's "An Account of an Exploration of the Elephant Mountain, in Western Equatorial Africa," pp. 241-250; "Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to Lake Nyassa in 1661-63," pp. 251-276; and Samuel Baker's "Journey to Abyssinia in 1862, pp. 237-241. " Leaving Africa, we have Alfred Russell Wallace "On the Physical Geography of the Malay Archipelago," pp. 217-234, with map; accounts of various explorations in Australia by George Elphinstone Dalrymple and John M'Douall Stuart; journeys in Manchuria and China; etc. There is also mention of Speke's expedition, among others, in the Secretary's address. Speke's account is particularly seminal in its nature, being the first publication by the Society relating to the most celebrated event in African exploration, the culmination of the quest it sponsored to discover the source of the Nile River. Speke had embarked on the mission as second in command under Richard F. Burton, a partnership which would shatter under differing opinions as to the discoveries. Speke set out once again, seeking to verify his postulation of Lake Victoria as the source of the great river, and in July of 1862 verified his discovery. When word of his success was communicated to the public at the May 11, 1863, meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, it created great sensation. Speke's own, full account was published the same year. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to wrappers, splitting along spine with evidence of glazing, still very good, contents partially unopened. Item number: 190210
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