GRANT, James Augustus (1827-1892). A Walk Across Africa. London, 1864. FIRST EDITION.
8vo (222 x 138 mm). Folding map with hand coloring in rear pocket. (Pale dampstain to a few upper margins.) Publisher's decorated green cloth by Edmunds and Remnants with their ticket (tiny split to foot of spine, otherwise fine).FIRST EDITION. "In 1852 Grant had spent some time shooting tigers with his friend and fellow Indian army officer, John Hanning Speke, who in 1859 invited his companion to join the Royal Geographical Society Nile expedition. Speke hoped to prove his contention that Lake Victoria, which he had discovered in 1858, was the source of the Nile. The two explorers and their porters now embarked on the 'long walk' on which Palmerston was later to remark and so provide Grant with the title of his book, A Walk across Africa" (ODNB). Czech, p. 66 ("A monumental work of exploration").
