Travel
SPEKE, John Hanning
What led to the discovery of the source of the Nile.
Blackwood, London 1864. First edition. 8vo., x, [1], 372pp., frontispiece, 1 double-page and 1 folding map (linen-backed), light foxing, more so to frontispiece and title and at end, modern maroon half calf gilt, Hosken copy with bookplate, a very good copy.
An account of Speke's first journey to Central Africa as part of Burton's expedition, during which Speke claimed to have discovered the source of the Nile, a claim vigourously disputed by Burton, although time was to prove Speke correct. The book is in two parts, the first a journal of adventures in Somali-Land, the second a journal of a cruise on the Tanganyika Lake. Scarce. Hilmy II, p255.
Price: £ 1950
US Dollar Price: $ 3870
Stock Number: 43636