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Werne Source of the White Nile 1849

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2 vol., folding map and plate, lacking half-titles and advertisement f., ex-library copy with a few marginal ink stamps, some partially erased (including those to map and plate), map with small water-stain and a few very short tears to folds, new endpapers, modern crushed half morocco, gilt, 12mo, 1849.

***Werne's narrative was a central work of Nile exploration, laying the foundations for the later journeys of Burton, Speke and Baker..

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