The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources

First published in 1866, this work remains one of the most important accounts of African exploration during the Victorian era.

Samuel White Baker (Author)

9781108032049, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 September 2011

416 pages, 12 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 kg

Sir Samuel Baker (1821–93) was one of the most famous Victorian explorers and hunters. First published in two illustrated volumes in 1866, this account of his most celebrated expedition is amongst the most important works of its type. Baker promises 'to take the reader by the hand, and lead him step by step … through scorching deserts and thirsty sands; through swamp and jungle … until I bring him, faint with the wearying journey, to that high cliff … from which he shall look down upon the vast Albert Lake and drink with me from the sources of the Nile!' Volume 2 finds Baker a prisoner of a native king. Baker offers a number of 'gifts' to buy his release, and after an arduous journey, with his wife in a coma, in March 1864 he reaches Luta N'zige, which he renames in memory of Prince Albert. A compelling account of an historic adventure.

1. Life at Obbo
2. The start for the lake
3. Recovered
4. Treacherous designs of the natives
5. At home in Kisoona
6. Kamrasi begs for the British Flag
7. Kamrasi's adieu
8. The natives in mourning
9. The latest news from Khartoum
10. The black antelope
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: African history [HBJH]