Item #87218 The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to Be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir ...[by Richard F. Burton]. Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile: A Review ... [By James M'Queen]. Richard Francis Burton.

The Nile Basin. Part I. Showing Tanganyika to Be Ptolemy's Western Lake Reservoir ...[by Richard F. Burton]. Part II. Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile: A Review ... [By James M'Queen].

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. 1st ed. Hardcover. iv, [5]-195p. Rebound in modern buckram. 19cm. Defective -- lacks all three maps. "Sao Paulo Ry Book Club".stamp in purple in the corbner of a frew text pages. Burton included M'Queen's highly partisan and ill-founded attack on Speke to bolster Burton's efforts to discredit his former companion. Includes a lengthy preface by Burton (pp. 5-30). A low point in Burton's public career. Good. Item #87218

Price: $200.00

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