The Sources of the Nile:

BEKE (Charles T.)

The Sources of the Nile:

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being a General Survey of the Basin of that River, and of its Head-Streams; with the History of Nilotic Discovery. First edition. One folding & 5 other maps, with another in the text. 8vo. Original blind-stamped purple cloth, rebacked, old spine laid down, this lightly sunned, new endpapers, with a neat library stamp to the title, not touching text. xx, 156pp. London, 1860.

£975.00

With the following inscription to the upper margin of the title page: “M. Vivian de St. Martin / from the Author”.

Although based on his earlier works, including his essay On the Nile and its Tributaries, this book contains much new material. Having had his theories on the population and geography of the interior of Africa confirmed by Burton, Beke called for the opening up of the continent by merchants, missionaries and philanthropists.

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