Through the Dark Continent or the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean by Henry M. Stanley author of "How I found Livingstone," "Coomassie and Magdala," "My Calulu," etc. Two coloured Maps and 127 illustrations Fourth Edition London Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 1883 One volume edition. Profusely illustrated (12 full-page). Thick 8vo publisher's original terracotta cloth pictorially decorated on cover and spine. A handsome and well preserved copy in a solid binding, the hinges tight and strong, the two folding coloured maps (ca. 65 x 50 cm) are in fine condition. After the death of Livingstone, Stanley resolved to return to Africa and finish his work, and also to resolve some of the problems introduced by Burton and Speke. Livingstone considered it his mission to finish mapping and studying Central Africa, resolve some of the questions about the source of the Nile and to report on the doings of the slave traders, a practice that Livingstone spoke actively against. Criticized even at the time for what many considered his harsh treatment of the natives, he did manage to finish what Livingstone had started and open up Central Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. Size book 19 x 14 cm. Weight about 750 gr.