First English edition. 2 folding maps, frontispiece portrait & 12 coloured lithograph plates. 8vo. Original illustrated cloth, gilt, with black cloth slipcase. li, [ii], 566pp. London, 1860.
Krapf’s journals form the cornerstone of East African exploration. They were the basis upon which the Royal Geographical Society decided to send Burton and Speke to verify the accuracy of the missionaries’ maps, and the astonishing claim that there were two mountains permanently capped by snow. Ibrahim Hilmy I, p349.
