Travel
SCHWEINFURTH, Georg
The heart of Africa. Three years' travels and adventures in the unexplored regions of Central Africa. From 1868 to 1871.
Sampson Low, London 1873. First English edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., viii, 559; x, 521pp., 2 frontispieces, 2 maps (1 folding), 24 full-page plates (1 in colour), numerous text illustrations throughout, folding map with 8cm tear near margin, small lost to corner of 1 plate not affecting image, light browning and very occasional scattered foxing, contemporary dark blue half calf over pebbled cloth boards gilt, red morocco lettering pieces to spines, corners bumped, slight abrasions to spines, a firm copy.
The German botanist, Schweinfurth had made a previous expedition to Africa in 1863-66, when he explored the Red Sea coast, Abyssinia, and up the Nile to Khartoum. This second expedition saw him investigating the hydrology of the Bhar el Ghazal and the forests of the Nile-Congo/Zaire divide. "A true classic of African exploration." - Czech. Gay 2568; Czech p144.
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