Dec 04, 2008 - Sale 2165

Sale 2165 - Lot 109

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE, Sir. The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Exploration of the Nile Sources. 13 plates; 2 maps, one of them folding. 8vo, original green cloth, rebacked retaining darkened original backstrip; light dampstaining on preliminaries, scattered pencil marginalia. London, 1866

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first edition. "The discovery of the Albert Nyanza marked the pinnacle of Baker''s career as an African explorer in so far as it helped to resolve the mystery of the source of the Nile" (ODNB).