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Exploration of the Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia : The Sources, Supply and Overflow of the Nile, the Country, People, Customs, etc, interspersed with many Highly Exciting Adventures of the Author. Among Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotami, Rhinocero by Baker, Sir S. W - 1868

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Exploration of the Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia : The Sources, Supply and Overflow of the Nile, the Country, People, Customs, etc, interspersed with many Highly Exciting Adventures of the Author. Among Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotami, Rhinocero

by Baker, Sir S. W

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Hartford, CT: O.D. Case & Co.,, 1868. First edition (1868.) Hardcover (pebbled maroon cloth) without dust jacket as issued. 8vo with 624 pages. All edges are gilt. One full page colored map 'The Basin of the Nile" and one colored folding map at rear 'Nile's Tributaries.' Engraved frontispiece with 21 other full page illustrations after sketches of Sir S. Baker. The book is in good condition with very slight shelf wear and slight fading to spine. One 1" tear on 'List of Illustrations' page not affecting text. Previous owner's name and address sticker from Hartford, CT on front free endpaper. Hinges are very strong and tight. Interior clean and tight.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ as Issued. 8vo. Hardcover.
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Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia; The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; The Country, People, Customs, Etc.

by Baker, Sir S.W. (Samuel White Baker)

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Hartford (CT): Published by O.D. Case & Co, 1868. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [5], vi-xx, [3], 24-608 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece with 15 additional engraved plates, based on original sketches by the author; one fold-out map and a full-page map. Brown pebbled cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Concluding the title page: "Interspersed with many highly exciting adventures of the author, among elephants, lions, buffaloes, hippopatmi, rhinoceros, antelopes, and other great game of the country; accompanied by expert native sword hunters." Baker provides an account of Eastern Africa: its animals, its peoples, its rivers, its lakes, and its landscapes. He completed the European discovery of the source of the Nile, naming the Albert Nyanza, with help from Sir John Speke. His account of Eastern Africa would greatly influence the common person's attitudes and perceptions of the Nile basin and the peoples who lived there. The plates in the volume depict Baker's penchant for big… Read More
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