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Barth, Henry TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA: BEING A JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF H. B. M.'S GOVERNMENT, IN THE YEARS 1849-1855 Philadelphia J.W. Bradley 1859

First One Volume Edition. With a folding map and many full page and textual wood engravings throughout. Thick 8vo, publisher's original blindstamped cloth. xxiv, 538, 6 ads. A well preserved copy with just a bit of evidence of shelving at the head and tail of the spine, the cloth bright and clean and with little aging or wear.

SCARCE EARLY PRINTING OF A SEMINAL WORK IN AFRICANA. This is the detailed account of one of the most fruitful expeditions ever undertaken in inner Africa. In addition to journeys across the Sahara, Barth traversed the country from Lake Chad and Bagirmi on the east to Timbuktu on the west and Cameroon on the south... he studied minutely the topography, history, civilizations and resources of the countries visited... for accuracy, interest, variety and extent of information Barth's 'Travels' have few rivals among works of the kind. It is a book that will always rank as a standard authority on the regions in question... -Ency. Brit.
He was the first European to enter Yola and describe the Fulani kingdom of Adamana; he charted the Benue river and disproved the theory that it flowed into Lake Chad...he was the first European to truly submerse himself in African culture and bring back scientific results of lasting value.
All copies of the early editions are scarce and collectible.

$US450

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