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Dedication copy by the author

BEKE, Charles Tilstone.
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.

With 5 maps and 3 plates (large folding general map by John Dower of the Basin of the Nile, full page map showing how the Atbara, the Nile of the Ethiopians, may be turned into the Red Sea, and a full page plate showing three maps of the Peninsula of Godjam in 1660, 1790 and 1843; folding plate of coastal views of the Nile, plate of Ptolemais Therön, full page plate of the sources of the Nile according to Claudius Ptolemy), some illustrations in text.

With 5 maps and 3 plates (large folding general map by John Dower of the Basin of the Nile, full page map showing how the Atbara, the Nile of the Ethiopians, may be turned into the Red Sea, and a full page plate showing three maps of the Peninsula of Godjam in 1660, 1790 and 1843; folding plate of coastal views of the Nile, plate of Ptolemais Therön, full page plate of the sources of the Nile according to Claudius Ptolemy), some illustrations in text.

With 5 maps and 3 plates (large folding general map by John Dower of the Basin of the Nile, full page map showing how the Atbara, the Nile of the Ethiopians, may be turned into the Red Sea, and a full page plate showing three maps of the Peninsula of Godjam in 1660, 1790 and 1843; folding plate of coastal views of the Nile, plate of Ptolemais Therön, full page plate of the sources of the Nile according to Claudius Ptolemy), some illustrations in text.

With 5 maps and 3 plates (large folding general map by John Dower of the Basin of the Nile, full page map showing how the Atbara, the Nile of the Ethiopians, may be turned into the Red Sea, and a full page plate showing three maps of the Peninsula of Godjam in 1660, 1790 and 1843; folding plate of coastal views of the Nile, plate of Ptolemais Therön, full page plate of the sources of the Nile according to Claudius Ptolemy), some illustrations in text.

With 5 maps and 3 plates (large folding general map by John Dower of the Basin of the Nile, full page map showing how the Atbara, the Nile of the Ethiopians, may be turned into the Red Sea, and a full page plate showing three maps of the Peninsula of Godjam in 1660, 1790 and 1843; folding plate of coastal views of the Nile, plate of Ptolemais Therön, full page plate of the sources of the Nile according to Claudius Ptolemy), some illustrations in text.



London, James Madden, 1860. 8vo. Original purple blind stamped decorated cloth with gilt title on spine. With 5 maps and 3 plates (large folding general map by John Dower of the Basin of the Nile, full page map showing how the Atbara, the Nile of the Ethiopians, may be turned into the Red Sea, and a full page plate showing three maps of the Peninsula of Godjam in 1660, 1790 and 1843; folding plate of coastal views of the Nile, plate of Ptolemais Therön, full page plate of the sources of the Nile according to Claudius Ptolemy), some illustrations in text. XV, [4], 155, [1 blank] pp.

Original edition of a survey on the sources of the Nile and it's head stream by Charles T. Beke (1800-1874) who was an English explorer and author. In Ethiopia in 1840-43 he mapped c. 70,000 sq miles (181,300 sq km) of the country, determined the approximate course of the Blue Nile, and compiled vocabularies of 14 languages and dialects. He is also the author of Origines Biblicae (1834) and The British Captives in Abyssinia (1865). His Discoveries of Sinai in Arabia and of Midian appeared posthumously, and his widow published (1874) a summary of his works.
Spine damaged, tear in large folding map. Dedication copy by the author to Thomas Hodskin Eg. MD.
Edwards, Catalogue of books on Africa, 848; Abbey, Travel; Blackmer; Gay, Bibl. de l'Afrique et l'Arabe.

Related Subjects: Africa  Egypt  Science 

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