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Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. In English.

Condizione: New. 2006 reprint by Rediscovery Books (original 1818). SB.lxxxiii + 498pp with 1 chart & 13 plates b&w + 1 in colour.Published Price £22 This handsome book is a feast for all students of the fascinating subject of 19th century African exploration. Its author, Captain James Kingston Tuckey led an official British expedition to explore the great Congo (Zaire) river in 1816. Voyaging in his specially designed ship âCongoâ, together with its supply vessel the âDorothyâ Tuckey travelled deep into the âheart of darknessâ that was unexplored central Africa, until a combination of impassable cataracts and fever in him and his crew forced him to turn back. He died soon afterwards from hepatitis and general exhaustion. This book is composed of Tuckeyâs expedition journal, together with notes on the people they encountered and on the flora and fauna of the regions they traversed made by Professor Smith, the expeditionâs scientific advisor. The notes include observations on tribal customs, the slave trade, and a vocabulary of the languages of the Malemba and Embomma tribes. The book is illustrated by drawings, woodcuts and engraved plates.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition.

Hardback. Condizione: VG-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No DW. 1st Edition. . Fldg. eng. chart & 13 eng. plates & illus., as called for. (The plates with the ornate & not unattractive stamp of Birmingham Library), one plate hand col.Quarto. Brown library cloth. Ex lib., 1818. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1900g.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No DW. 1st Edition. Fldg. eng. chart & 13 eng. plates & illus., as called for. Very noticeable browning/spotting etc mostly to plates and adjoining leaves. Circular stamp of "Bruxelles Centre d'information et de documentation du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi" (complelely faded in part) top right of title page (with shelf number) and their stamp on rear endpaper but no other library marks. Bound in original grey paper covered boards with (very worn) original paper title label on spine, Just a good reading copy, SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2024 £8) Packed weight 2200g.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. First Edition. Octavo, pp. Lxxxi, 410. Twelve illustrations in the text, 1 large fold-out map, appendix. Bound in modern half-leather with green marbled paper covered boards. Gold spine titles to leather spine. Binding is bright with minor wear. Some offsetting in the text. Large folding map has a 4 inch tear repaired with tape. Captian Tuckey was sent to explore the Congo River, on a ship named Congo, in 1816. At the time, very little was known about the Congo and some European geographers believed there was a connection between the Congo and the Niger. Tuckey did not get very far. He sailed up the Congo from its mouth on the Atlantic, but soon realized the lower river is not navigable due to cataracts (later named the Yellala Falls). Tuckey explored the river up to Isangila finding ruins of the Portuguese colony and Catholic missions. Tuckey and most of his officers and crew died of fever. What success they had was mostly negative - the lower Congo was definitely not navigable, and the fever and sickness threat was formidable. The survivors did bring back a substantial number of botany specimens. Both Tuckey and Professor Chetien Smith (mission botanist) wrote journals during their explorations. This book contains both journals and a lengthy introduction about the mission. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 410 pages.

Full leather. Condizione: Very good. First edition of Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire. under the Direction of of Captain J.K. Tuckey. (illustratore). First Edition. Quarto, lxxxii, 498pp. Full morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down over new cloth, decorative border stamped in blind within a double gilt-ruled border on front and rear covers. Title in gilt over black, five bands with decorative gilt compartments. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Bound by M. Bell Richmond. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, light foxing to plates, faint wear to edges and corners, some flaking of gilt on spine, hinges reinforced. Previous ownership bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Complete with one fold-out map with light transference and solid hinges affixed opposite title page, as well as 13 full-page plates, including a hand-colored squid diagram. (Hosken 203). Commander James Hingston [Kingston] Tuckey sailed with the Royal Navy and explored various parts of Africa during his career. Aboard the schooner Congo in 1816, Tuckey searched for a connection between the Congo and Niger Rivers of western and central Africa. The crew was unsuccessful, struggling to navigate rapids and eventually dying of fever. Although the expedition failed, it did raise international interest in exploring Africa.

First edition. Illustrated with the large folding map and 13 engraved plates, of which one is coloured by hand. Large 4to, later antique wine coloured cloth, gilt lettering to the spine, t.e.g. 4ff., lxxxii, 498 pp. A large copy, quite clean and well preserved, crisp and unpressed, the colour plate in good order, some typical mellowing or spotting associated usually with the plates, upper cover detached and easily refurbished. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. An attempt to explore the Congo River and to find a link with the Niger and investigate the possibilities for trade on these arteries. Smith from Kew Gardens and other botanists were along to collect plant seeds. Tuckey died on the support ship. "Tuckey was one of the most observant of travelers. He had served in the Eastern Seas, and made a voyage to Brazil and Port Philip in 1803. Captured on his return voyage, he like Flinders, was detained as a prisoner by the French for several years. He subsequently compiled a valuable work on 'Maritime Geography' before setting on the government expedition to explore the Congo, then by many conjectured to be the outlet of the Niger. The results of this expedition were most disastrous, Captain Tuckey and many others dying within three months after entering the river". "An introductory view of African discovery preceeds the narrative of Tuckey and Smith and a series of appendices follow: these include (1) a vocabulary of the Malemba and Embonma languages by Cat. Tuckey. (2) Observations on the Genus Ocythioe of Rafinesque by Dr. Leach. (3) On Sepia and Vermes Testacea with plates. (4) Observations on Prof. Smith's collection of plants by Robert Brown, etc.".

To which is added the Journal of Professor Smith; and some observations of the Country and its Inhabitants. Published by Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. New York: Published by William B. Gilley 1818. 8vo. Orig. papered boards with the remains of the original printed titling-label on spine. (VIII 410pp.). With a large engrv. map and text-figs. Uncut. Some foxing but an excellent complete copy of the uncommon American edition published at the same time as the London issue. The American edition here offered is particularly scarce as no copy of it is recorded in Sabin. NOTE: In 1802 the author was appointed first lieutenant of H.M.S. Calcutta which was fitted out to take Collin's Expedition to Australia in order to found the settlement at Port Phillip. After returning to England in 1805 his ship was captured by the French and remained a prisoner of war until 1814. In 1816 he was appointed by the Admiralty to lead an official expedition to the Congo.

Fine Binding. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. None (illustratore). First edition. John Kirk's copy of the first edition of this important travel work regarding Tuckey's expedition along the River Congo. This account of the journey is decorated by a folding map frontispiece of the coast from Cape Lopez, and thirteen plates, with one hand-coloured. With John Kirk's inscription to the title page 'John Kirk, Zambesi Exped 1858'. Kirk brought this book with him on the expedition to explore the Zambesi river's mouths and tributaries in order to navigate the waterway to the interior. In addition to this, Livingstone was continuing his mission to introduce the people of Africa to Christianity and freeing them from slavery. This was Livingstone's second Zambesi expedition. It was here Kirk went as a botanist and chief assistant. The expedition was difficult, and many expedition members including Kirk noted that Livingstone was an inept leader. In 1862 Kirk wrote that Livingstone was an unsafe leader and 'out of his mind'. These criticisms of Livingstone were given weight by Livingstone's disappearance on his next expedition, later being famously 'found' by Stanley. Livingstone's expedition became the first to reach Lake Malawi which they explored in a four-oared gig. By 1864 the journey was halted due to the increasing cost and the failure to find a navigable route. Part of their difficulties came with navigating the Ruvuma River due to the number of bodies thrown into the river by slave traders. Many newspapers branded the expedition a failure, despite the valuable collections of botanical, ecological and ethnographic material collected over this time. John Kirk was also a key player in ending the slave trade in Zanzibar during his time as a British administrator there. He remained in Zanzibar when Livingstone set about his final expedition to find the source of the Nile. It was here he was appointed to the British Consul and was physician to Henry Adrian Churchill, an advocate for the abolition of the slave trade. Churchill had to leave for England due to his health and Kirk continued his work. In addition to this, following Livingstone's death, Kirk pledged to continue Livingstone's mission to end the East African slave trade. An important work on African exploration with this copy having a wonderful history of its own. Collated, complete. In a very smart contemporary tree calf binding. This narrative follows James Hingston/Kingston Tuckey on his journey to explore the River Congo in the first stem-powered warship built for the Royal Navy, the HMS Congo. He was also accompanied by the ship 'Dorothy' for the journey. Tuckey's mission was to see if there was a connection between the Congo and the Niger basins. Many of the officers and crew, including Tuckey himself, died of fever during this expedition. Despite the failure of the mission, this account of the journey inspired more Europeans and piqued interest in travelling Africa. Joseph Conrad found inspiration in this ill-fated mission for his novella 'Heart of Darkness'. This work forms of officer's reports, Tuckey's own journals and other first-hand accounts to paint a picture of the expedition. The journal of Christen Smith, the naturalist of this journey, is printed to the rear of this work, which provides 'some general observations on the country and its inhabitants'. There is also an appendix regarding the natural history of the Congo and the botanic material gathered on the expedition. Tuckey ensured that Smith's diary and plant specimens were shipped to London before he succumbed to the deadly fever himself. A smart copy of this important work, with an association that is extremely important in the context of African Travel and discovery in the nineteenth century. In a full tree-calf binding. Rebacked with the original boards preserved, and a nineteenth century spine laid on in period. Externally, smart with just a few marks to boards and a few light patches of rubbing to the joints. Several closed tears to the centre of title page, neatly from a blade. Contemporary inscription to the title page 'John Kirk Zambesi Exped 1858'. John Kirk's signature is also lightly written to the bottom of the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Light tidemarks to the bottom margin of pages. Affecting the margin only, no text. Offsetting to the map as is usual. Text leaves have just the odd spot, with the plates rather spotted as is usual. The coloured plate is very clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

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