THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT, or the Sources of the Nile Around the Great lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
by Stanley Henry M
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880. First one volume edition. Profusely illustrated with woodblocks throughout, 2 large folding maps. Thick 8vo, publisher's original terracotta cloth pictorially decorated in gilt and black on cover and spine. xx, 658, 2 maps, 32 ads. A handsome and well preserved copy in a solid binding, the hinges tight and strong, the text-block clean, the folding maps are in fine condition. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION. After the death of Livingstone, Stanley resolved to return to Africa and finish his work, and also to resolve some of the problems introduced by Burton and Speke.Livingstone considered it his mission to finish mapping and studying Central Africa, resolve some of the questions about the source of the Nile and to report on the doings of the slave traders, a practice that Livingstone spoke actively against. Criticized even a t the time for what many considered his harsh treatment of the natives, he did manage to finish what Livingstone had started and open up Central Africa to the west.
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- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
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- Title
- THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT, or the Sources of the Nile Around the Great lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
- Author
- Stanley Henry M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
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