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Tuckey, J.K. - Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816
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| Schrijver: | Tuckey, J.K. |
| Titel: | Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 |
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| Uitgever: | London John Murray 1818, first edition |
| Bijzonderheid: | 4to, contemporary gilt decorated diced calf, marbled edges and end papers. (4), lvii, 498, (2) pages with half-title, folding map and 13 (1 coloured) plates |
| Prijs: | € 1450,00 |
| Meer info | βto which is added, the Journal of Professor Smith; some General Observations on the Country and its Inhabitants; and an Appendix: Containing the Natural History of that part of the Kingdom of Congo through which the Zaire Flows.β . As always the usual browning and spotting of the plates - except the colour plate- and opposite pages due to the tissue guards and/or bad paper. Otherwise clean. "The expedition aimed to find if there was a connection between the Congo and Niger basins of western and central Africa. Tuckey sailed up the river from its mouth but found that the lower river is not navigable due to rapids (later called the Livingstone Falls) above Matadi. Most of the officers and crew died of fever and Tuckey himself died on 4 October 1816 in Moanda, on the coast of today's DR Congo. The expedition was a failure but raised interest in the exploration of Africa.β |
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