Através do Continente Negro

Através do Continente Negro

STANLEY (Henry Morton)
ATRAVEZ do Continente Negro. Ou as nascentes do Nilo, circumnavegação dos Grandes Lagos da África Equatorial e descida do Rio Livingstone ou Congo até ao Oceano Atlântico. Traducção do inglês por Mac-Noden. Lisboa: Mendonça & Irwin, 1880.

3 v.: il.; 230 mm.

First edition of the Portuguese translation of this classic of African exploration literature. In April 1874, Stanley decided to continue the work left unfinished by Livingstone. His intention was to circumnavigate Lake Victoria, visit the tributaries of the Upper Nile, and continue westward, demarcating the dividing lines of the Nile watercourse and the rivers that flow into the Congo. Upon obtaining the necessary financing, he gathered 374 men and set out on his voyage of exploration that lasted from November 1874 to November 1877, ending it with 114 survivors. Stanley returned to England in 1878, publishing the English original of his text, and finally demonstrated the falsity of Livingstone's theory that the Lualaba was the source of the Nile, supporting Speke's thesis that the lake seen on his expedition with Burton was, of in fact, one of the springs. Rare.
HOWGEGO, Raymond John, Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1850-1940 Continental Explorations, pp, 873-876

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