African Exploration

James Ginther Books,

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African Exploration and Travel

The challenges and danger that the early African explorers experienced is difficult to imagine. They persevered through unmapped territory peopled with often hostile native tribes still living in the Iron Age, and often facing disease and starvation.

Examine the photos carefully as they are an integral part of the description.

	Burton, Richard. Lake Regions of Central Africa

	1961 reprint of Burton's 1861 book describing his travels with Speke to find the source of the Nile, as depicted in the film "Mountains of the Moon". Burton could not continue with Speke to Lake Victoria and challenged Speke's assertion that it was the source of the Nile because he had not explored the entire perimeter of the lake. Very good in fair DJs and good slipcases.
	Price: $20

	Mounteney-Jephson, A. Emin Pasha

	1890 First Edition. A rare title and only one other deluxe edition offered online for $500. A companion volume to Stanley's In Darkest Africa. Jephson was sent by Stanley to contact Emin Pasha and he spent nine months with him. In rear pocket are a map of Equatoria and facsimile of letter from the Mahdi to Pasha demanding his surrender.
	Price: $250.00

	Roberts, John. The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone

	1880. 382 pages. Illustrated. Very good. Foxing of title page and tissue guard, bumping of the head and tail of spine. New endpapers. An excellent introduction to and synopsis of the life of this great explorer and his achievements.
	Price: $30

	Stanley, H.M. Through the Dark Continent

	1879 Second Edition. Vol. I Good minus. Re-cased with new endpapers. 1/4 inch of new cloth pieced in at head and tail of spine. Tightly bound. Discoloration at top of spine and front cover (see photos). Age toning of pages. Scattered handling marks. Signature on second blank paper. Five maps of Equatorial Africa drawn between the late seventeenth and late nineteenth centuries. 522 pages w/ index and 57 illustrations. Lacks map in pocket. Vol. II Good. Stain on corner of plate and tissue guard opposite page 1 (Chapter 1). Stain does not impinge on illustration. Some age toning of pages. Photo of Stanley pasted on back of frontispiece (see photo). Crease of lower corner rear cover (see photo). 566 pages w/ appendices and index. 91 illustrations. Contains fold-out map of Livingstone Falls and two page map of Livingstone River and Stanley Falls. Lacks map in pocket. Stanley's attempt to complete Livingstone's explorations.
	Price: $70