JOURNAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE - WITH MAPS AND PORTRAITS, AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, CHIEFLY FROM DRAWINGS BY CAPTAIN GRANT
Book Details + Condition: Harper and Brothers, Publishers (New York). Second Edition, 1864. Hardcover. 547 pages. Illustrated with maps and drawings by Captain Grant. Author John Speke’s ‘Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile’ is a rare 19th-century account of his third African expedition, in which he and his crew searched to confirm his theories about the origins of the Nile River. Joined with Captain James Augustus Grant, Speke traveled to Lake Victoria to confirm the Nile’s source. The importance of Speke's discoveries are noteworthy; in discovering the 'source reservoir' of the Nile he solved the 'problem of all ages'. He and Grant were the first Europeans to cross Equatorial Eastern Africa, and gained a knowledge of more than eight degrees of latitude, or about five hundred geographical miles, in a portion of Eastern Africa previously totally unknown. Rebound in library covers. Firm binding; old call number to spine; stamp to frontis portrait and title page; notations (initials and number) to title and dedication pages; withdrawn stamp to one page and rear endpaper.
