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1863 JOURNAL of DISCOVERY of SOURCE of NILE antique ILLUSTRATED in ENGLISH

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Title: 1863 JOURNAL of DISCOVERY of SOURCE of NILE antique ILLUSTRATED in ENGLISH

Description: Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile.
Edinburgh and London, Blackwood ; 1863
by SPEKE, John Hanning
Size 6 by 9"
With 2 portraits, 1 folding map, 1 color map and 74 wood engravings in the text and on 24 plates
XXXI, 658 pp.
Original cloth decorated in gilt
First edition.
Binding worn, with dampstans, front cover is reinforced.
Good interior, with occasional faded dampstains to the lower part of some leaves
The expedition from 1859-63 carried out together with J.A. Grant led to the discovery that the source of the White Nile is in Lake Victoria (later confirmed by Stanley).

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1863 JOURNAL of DISCOVERY of SOURCE of NILE antique ILLUSTRATED in ENGLISH

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