The sources of the Nile: being a general survey of the basin of that river, and of its head-streams; with the history of Nilotic discovery.London, James Madden, 1860. 8vo. With 5 maps (1 folding, 4 full-page), a folding plate, and several illustrations and tables in the text. Original publisher's embossed purple pebbled cloth, with the publisher lettered in gold at the foot of the spine.
BEKE, Charles Tilstone. · 1800 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
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XV, [4], 155, [1 blank] pp.Dedication copy of the first edition of a survey on the geography of the Nile and it's sources. Charles Tilstone Beke (1800-1874) was an English traveller and geographer, best-known for his explorations and studies of the Nile. The present work inclu...