The account of Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. This took place in 1860 with his friend and fellow Indian army officer James Grant (1...

One of the scarcest Nile accounts. One of the scarcest Nile accounts and a monumental work of exploration, James Grant travelled with Speke from Za...

Highland regions of Mount Kenya. Important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconde...

The discovery of Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria. Scarce. An account of Speke's first journey to Central Africa as part of Richard Burton's expediti...

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 ...

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

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...

The account of Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. This took place in 1860 with his friend and fellow Indian army officer James Grant (1...

Jennings gives an account of the British expedition against Mohamed Abdille Hassan known as the 'Mad Mullah', as well containing much on local cus...

A finely bound example of a scarce title. J. Frederic Elton was British Consul in Mozambique. He died in 1877 near Zanzibar before this title was ...

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...

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...

The author spent two years exploring and mapping the coastline. As well as the detailed study of his findings, the book also contains accounts of ...

Churchill's account of his adventures during the war in the Sudan. In vivid style the book describes the background to the war, the relationship of...

'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...

Burton's first expedition to Somalia, made in order to explore the forbidden city of Harar (which he was the first European to reach).In 1854 Burt...

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

Inscribed copy. May French Sheldon (1848-1936), an energetic American, writes of the pioneering safari she led in 1891 from Mombasa to the Masai la...

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...

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

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

The account of Speke's third and final expedition to Africa. This took place in 1860 with his friend and fellow Indian army officer James Grant (1...

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

Important history of this Royal Charter Company including much on relations with Zanzibar and its Sultan. First edition. 8vo, xvi, 382 pp., foldin...