Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; The Country, People, Customs, etc. Interspersed with Highly Exciting Adventures of the Author. Among Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotami, Rhinoceros, etc. Accompanied by Expert Native Sword Hunters

Hartford, CT: O.D. Case & Co, 1868. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First American edition of this indeed very exciting account of Samuel Baker's 12-month expedition on the Blue Nile. Sir Samuel White Baker (1821 – 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin (today's South Sudan and Northern Uganda) between April 1869 and August 1873, which he established as the Province of Equatoria. He is mostly remembered as the first European to visit Lake Albert, as an explorer of the Nile and interior of central Africa, and for his exploits as a big game hunter in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Baker wrote a considerable number of books and published articles. This was the second of Baker's accounts of his exploration of the sources of the Nile. Bound in the original dark reddish brown cloth with gilt titling to spine. Covers are worn and spotted and right joint is slightly creased. Front hinge is slightly cracked. Gilt page edges. Text pages generally clean and bright. With 21 illustrations and two color maps, one folding. Very good condition. Measures 9 x 6 inches. 608 pages including index. TRAV/091925.