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, 2 Volume Set.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First American Edition. Octavo. Item #028501
2 volume set.522 and 566pp., with all ten maps present which includie the two large maps in pockets. and 150 wood cuts all in fine condition with the full page illustrations with tissue guards. Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture. He was the first European to explore the Congo River; assisted at the founding of the Congo Free State, and helped pave the way for the opening of modern Africa. In this classic account of one of his most important expeditions, the venerable Victorian recounts the incredibly difficult and perilous journey during which he explored the great lakes of Central Africa, confirming their size and position, searched for the sources of the Nile, and traced the unknown Congo River from the depths of the continent to the sea. A very handsome set bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, all edge marbled with matching endpapers. Marbled covered boards of volume two have faded.
Price: $750.00