Description
BURTON Captain Richard-Francis. Voyage aux grands lacs de l'Afrique orientale. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1862; large volume in-8 contemporary purple half-chagrin, spine decorated with cold, gilt edges. First edition of the translation from English by Madame H. Loreau. With 2 maps and 37 woodcut illustrations, 15 of which are off-text. Some marginal spotting. The author was commissioned to reach the Great Lakes region and to study the problems posed by the sources of the Nile and the disputed snows of Kenya and Kilimanjaro. He was responsible for the discovery of Lake Victoria.
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BURTON Captain Richard-Francis. Voyage aux grands lacs de l'Afrique orientale. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1862; large volume in-8 contemporary purple half-chagrin, spine decorated with cold, gilt edges. First edition of the translation from English by Madame H. Loreau. With 2 maps and 37 woodcut illustrations, 15 of which are off-text. Some marginal spotting. The author was commissioned to reach the Great Lakes region and to study the problems posed by the sources of the Nile and the disputed snows of Kenya and Kilimanjaro. He was responsible for the discovery of Lake Victoria.
