BAKER, Sir Samuel W.

The Albert N'Yanza.

Name: The Albert N'Yanza.
Brand: BAKER, Sir Samuel W.
SKU: 112338
Price: 175.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Great basin of the Nile and explorations of the Nile sources.

Stock Code 112338

London, Macmillan and Co., 1885

£175

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Baker, after various adventures in Ceylon and the area around the Black Sea, went to Africa and embarked on his greatest adventure, namely to discover the source of the Nile. Having met up with Speke and Grant and exchanging valuable information with them, he eventually discovered the third great Nile lake, the Albert N'Yanza, but only after most of his men had deserted him and he had been forced to rely on the help of the slave trader Ibrahim and capricious local ruler, Kamrasi. One of the great travel narratives.

New edition; 8vo (19 x 13 cm); numerous illustrations including a colour map, presentation inscription to front free endpaper recto; tan calf prize binding for The Royal School, Armagh, gilt crest to panels, spine gilt in 6 compartments, contrasting green morocco title-pieces, marbled edges, minor wear, the odd scuff, minor spotting to prelims and endpapers, otherwise very good; xxvii, [1], 499, [1]pp.

Provenance

Provenance: First Form, July 1886, Prize for sustained diligence during the past term, presented to W. Gordon by W.P. Devenish (inscription).

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