Zanzibar; city, island, and coast
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. First edition, first issue binding, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 503, [1]; vi, [2], 519, [1]; folding map highlighted in blue, 11 wood-engraved plates (including 2 frontispieces), 4 full-p. sketch maps; original chocolate brown cloth, gilt vignette on upper covers, both volumes neatly rebacked with original spines laid down; previous owners' bookplates, pertinent newspaper clippings tipped into both volumes at endpaper and half-title; a good, sound copy. Zanzibar is Burton's account of the country and its natural history, and Burton's and Speke's various journeys 1857-59 in the lake regions of east Africa, including the discoveries of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika. The final chapter is Burton's memorial of Speke with whom he had many points of divergence regarding the geographical discoveries at Victoria and the Nile basin. Spink Catalogue, no. 49; Penzer, pp. 88-89; Casada 72: "It is, in my opinion, among the most important of his African-related studies." Item #52516
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