THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT OR THE SOURCE OF THE NILE AROUND THE GREAT LAKES OF EQUATORIAL AFRICA AND DOWN THE LIVINGSTONE RIVER TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Henry M. Stanley.

Date d'édition : 1899

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1899, London, George Newnes, Limited, two volumes, new edition, ppxxxii + 400; xi + 419, black and white illustrations complete, half calf over brown cloth boards, black labels, gilt decorations in compartments. Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture. He was the first European to explore the Congo River; assisted at the founding of the Congo Free State, and helped pave the way for the opening up of modern Africa. In this classic account of one of his most important expeditions, the venerable Victorian recounts the incredibly difficult and perilous journey during which he explored the great lakes of Central Africa, confirming their size and position, searched for the sources of the Nile, and traced the unknown Congo River from the depths of the continent to the sea. First published in 1878. Slight foxing affecting the last few leaves of both volumes, water damage at the foot of volume two slightly affecting the board but not the contents, which are very good.

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• Titre: THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT OR THE SOURCE OF THE NILE AROUND THE GREAT LAKES OF EQUATORIAL AFRICA AND DOWN THE LIVINGSTONE RIVER TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
• Date de parution: 1899
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Africa.