JOHNSTON (H.H.).

The Kilima-Njaro Expedition.  A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa. And a General Description of the Natural History, Languages, and Commerce of the Kilima-Njaro District.

First edition. Frontispiece & 14 plates (minor marginal dampstaining), 6 maps (3 coloured, two of these extending), and numerous illustrations. 8vo. Very smart contemporary half calf over marbled boards, a little shelf-worn. Faint staining to extreme fore-edges of plates. xv, [1], 572pp. London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886.

£850.00

During the course of this expedition treaties were made with tribal chiefs which laid the basis of the British East African Protectorate. Many specimens of flora and to a lesser extent fauna were collected, as were notes on various languages.

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