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Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh an…

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Speke,J.H. Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London, Blackwood 1863. gr.8°. With 2 portraits, 1 folding map, 1 col. Map and 74 wood engravings in the text and on 24 plates. XXXI, 658 pp. Olwd. with gold embossing. (Strong signs of wear, joints damaged). Embacher 274, Gay 2735, see Kainbacher 399 (German edition). - First edition. The expedition of 1859-63 carried out together with J.A. Grant led to the discovery that the source of the White Nile lies in Lake Victoria (later confirmed by Stanley). - Waterstained.

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Speke,J.H. Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh and London, Blackwood 1863. gr.8°. With 2 portraits, 1 folding map, 1 col. Map and 74 wood engravings in the text and on 24 plates. XXXI, 658 pp. Olwd. with gold embossing. (Strong signs of wear, joints damaged). Embacher 274, Gay 2735, see Kainbacher 399 (German edition). - First edition. The expedition of 1859-63 carried out together with J.A. Grant led to the discovery that the source of the White Nile lies in Lake Victoria (later confirmed by Stanley). - Waterstained.

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