1878 Through the Dark Continent by Henry Stanley | 1st ed Africa Livingstone

1878 Through the Dark Continent by Henry Stanley | 1^st ed Africa Livingstone

Known for his explorations in Africa, Henry Stanley found the Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone, whom most had assumed had been lost. His acquaintance with continuing expedition with Livingstone led to the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, an Ottoman physician. This voyage was notorious for causing the deaths of many of its members to disease and disaster. The events of this expedition were recorded in ‘Through the Dark Continent’, a work that describes the sights and scenes of Africa.

This first American edition of ‘Through the Dark Continent’ retells Stanley’s expedition including locating the source of the Nile, circumnavigating Lake Victoria, meeting wealthy kings, and battling cannibals, before his final return home.

Item number: #28061

Price: $599

STANLEY, Henry M

Through the Dark continent; or, The sources of the Nile, around the great lakes of equatorial Africa, and down the Livingstone river to the Atlantic Ocean

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1878. First American Edition.

Details:

• Collation: 2 volumes
  • 1 – xiv, 522
    • 58 illustrations
    • 5 maps (of 6)
  • 2 – ix, [1], 566, [2]
    • Wanting p. 290-302
    • 91 illustrations
    • 3 maps (of 4)
  • Provenance:
    • Bookplate – W. Weston
    • Handwritten – George Mattoon
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover
    • Pictorial green cloth
  • Size: ~9.25in X 6.25in (23cm x 16cm)

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