From Benguella to the Territory of Yacca. Description of a Journey into Central and West Africa. Comprising narratives adventures and important surveys of the sources of the Rivers Cunene Cubango

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Luando Cuanza and Cuango and of great part of the course of the two latter; ... Expedition organized in the Years 1877-1880. Transl. by Alfred Elwes. 2 vols. London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1882. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth (spine extremities strengthened). Gilt. With portraits 3 folding coloured maps numerous plates text-illusts and publishers' adverts at end of vol. II dated December 1881. A very good copy of the 1st edition complete with the orig. flower patterned endpapers. Some minor foxing and bookplates inside front covers. Desirable especially so with the extensive vocabulary of the various native languages. Rare.