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.

Thomson, Joseph F.R.G.S.

Published by London Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1885 First Edition, 1885

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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. Seller Inventory # 144694

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Title: Through Masai Land: A Journey of Exploration...

Publisher: London Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1885 First Edition

Publication Date: 1885

Binding: Hardcover