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London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. First edition. Fine Binding. Near Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A finely bound, first edition, second impression of this account of Richard Burton's nineteenth century explorations of the African Great Lakes. Charmingly illustrated, with chromoxylographs plates throughout. An exceptional copy of this important memoir by Richard F. Burton, detailing his nineteenth-century explorations to the lake regions of Central Africa. This work is considered to be one of Richard Burton's best books. It follows his Royal Geographical Society funded expedition to Zanzibar to explore the 'inland sea' previously described by Arab traders. He was accompanied by John Hanning Speke and started at the east coast of Africa, heading west in search of the lake or lakes which were believed to be the source of the Nile river. The first edition, second impression of this work, with the folding map bound into Volume II and twenty-two pages of publisher's…

A detailed account of Burton's explorations of the African lakes including Lake Tanganyika and the search for the source of the Nile.