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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington., 1885 First Edition. xii,583 pp. Octavo. Bound in early 20th Century half morocco and cloth. Leather corners to match. Slight wear to the corners. Top edge gilt. Wonderful block print bookplate. Spine ruled in 6 compartments. Gilt decoration. Frontispiece. 59 engraved plates. Two folding maps which have been laid down on fine linen. A fine clean tight copy. Czech, p164. It details the author's journey from Mombassa through what was to become British East Africa and Kenya. The expedition was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, of which Thomson was a fellow. He was the first European to cross the hostile Masai land to the Victoria Nyanza, confirming Krapf's sighting of Mount Kenya. Uncommon in the UK first and a nice copy in a pretty binding. 1885
Through Masai Land: A Journey of Exploration among the snow-clad volcanic Mountains and Strange Tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Being the Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's Expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanza, 1883-1884 by Thomson, Joseph, F.R.G.S - 1885
by Thomson, Joseph, F.R.G.S
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Through Masai Land: A Journey of Exploration among the snow-clad volcanic Mountains and Strange Tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Being the Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's Expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanza, 1883-1884
by Thomson, Joseph, F.R.G.S
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London, 1885. Fourth Edition. Frontispiece, illus. 2 folding maps at end, one neatly repaire. pp xii, [1]-583, 32,ads. 8vio. Bound in full modern green morocco, red leather title label. Fine. Fourth Edition. Frontispiece, illus. 2 folding maps at end, one neatly repaire. pp xii, [1]-583, 32,ads. 8vio. Thomson's famous and important account of his second expedition. Thomson's famous and important account of his second expedition, detailing his journey from Mombassa through British East Africa and Kenya. "One of the great African travel epics, this title details the author's trek from the coast toward Mt. Kilimanjaro, then through Masai Land. Near Lake Chala he bagged several rhinoceros and buffalo in close encounters, and buffalo again in the Lykipia Forest. One of the excellent engravings depicts Thomson thrown into the air by a charging bull. Near Lake Baringo, he collected a new species of gazelle newly christened with his name, and bagged elephant and buffalo. Handsomely illustrated." p164 Czech
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Through Masai Land: A Journey of Exploration Among the Snowclad Volcanic Mountains and Strange Tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Being the narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's Expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanza, 1883-1884.
by Thomson, Joseph F.R.G.S
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