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East Africa

Dive into the diverse world of East Africa through our rare book collection. Connect with its heritage, preserve cultural narratives, and elevate your understanding. Discover the captivating stories that bring this region to life.

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  • Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile.

    SPEKE, John Hanning.
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    Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. The account of Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. This took place in 1860 with his friend ...

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    The Great Rift Valley,

    GREGORY, J[ohn] W[alter].
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    Highland regions of Mount Kenya. Important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconde...

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    New light on dark Africa:

    PETERS, Carl.
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    A German counterpart to Stanley's In Darkest Africa. A German counterpart to Stanley's In Darkest Africa, this represents Peter's journey to find E...

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    The Kilima-Njaro Expedition.

    JOHNSTON, Harry Hamilton.
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    Johnston was invited in 1884 on behalf of the Royal Society to undertake a scientific mission to explore Mount Kilimanjaro and its surroundings. T...

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    To the Central African Lakes and back:

    THOMSON, Joseph.
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    The expedition was sent by the RGS under its African Exploration Fund scheme. It was led by the cartographer Keith Johnston on a route from Dar es...

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    With the Abyssinians in Somaliland

    JENNINGS, Major J[ames] Willes; ADDISON, Christopher.
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    Jennings gives an account of the British expedition against Mohamed Abdille Hassan known as the 'Mad Mullah', as well containing much on local cus...

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    The slave trade in Africa in 1872

    BERLIOUX, Etienne Felix.
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    An English abridgement of Etienne Felix Berlioux's (1828-1920) La traite orientale on the slave trade from the Sudan, the Nile basin and East Afri...

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  • A short relation of the river Nile,

    LOBO, Jeronimo.
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    Early account of the Nile. One of the earliest records of travels in Ethiopia, translated from Lobo's Itinerario by Sir Peter Wyche (1628-1699). W...

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    Travels in southern Abyssinia,

    JOHNSTON, Charles.
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    Rare account of Johnston's expedition to the court of Shoa.Johnston, a surgeon in the British navy, was 'a careful observer and incisive writer, h...

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    Travels to discover the source of the Nile,

    BRUCE, James.
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    'In 1768, with Italian artist and friend Luigi Balugani, Bruce resolved to mount an expedition to search for the source of the Nile River. They we...

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    First footsteps in East Africa.

    BURTON, Richard Francis.
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    The forbidden city of Harar. Burton's first expedition to Somalia, made in order to explore the forbidden city of Harar (which he was the first Eur...

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    A Voyage to Abyssinia,

    SALT, Henry.
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    Salt had previously visited Ethiopia in 1805 as part of Viscount Valentia's entourage, visiting Massawa, Aksum, Adwa, and other parts of Tegré.'In...

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    Uganda for a holiday.

    TREVES, Frederick.
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    Sir Frederick Treves was the prominent Victorian surgeon famous for treating Joseph Merrick sometimes known 'The Elephant Man'. He spent much time...

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    In the Grip of the Nyika:

    PATTERSON, Lieut.-Col. John Henry.
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    'Patterson revisits the infamous sites of Tsavo, then treks into the Nyika, or wilderness of British East Africa... there is also a feverish encou...

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    In the grip of the Nyika

    PATTERSON, Lieut.-Col. John Henry.
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    'Patterson revisits the infamous sites of Tsavo, then treks into the Nyika, or wilderness of British East Africa ... there is also a feverish enco...

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