Henry M Stanley: 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." -------------------- Sampson Low,.. London - 1890 Illustrated, folding map, small thick octavo, pp xx, 658, 12 full-page plates + in-text illustrations. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. Attractively bound in full brown calf, gilt crest of " S. John's Newfoundland College", spine divided into six compartments by raised bands each of which contains a gilt floral design, and with gilt lettering to second compartment. Marbled endpapers and page edges, VG "Regarded as one of the most iconic books on African travel and exploration. One tends to overlook the hardships encountered by these early explorers and missionaries. The hostility of some of the native inhabitants, the unforgiving terrain, and the constant danger from the largest animals down to the small Tsetse fly that could wreak such havoc."