James Augustus Grant in Africa, 1860-63. African explorer and illustrator.
Édition
Éditeur : National Library of Scotland
Lieu : s.l.
Année : 1982
Langue : anglais
Description
État du document : bon
Reliure : non relié, cartable
Références
Réf. Biblethiophile : 004852
Réf. UGS : 91180000
COLLATION :
A portfolio of facsimile reproductions of drawings from Grant's Nile Sketches, with an introduction by Dr. Roy Bridges. 37 x 30 cm. Colour sketches, 1 double page sketch map, 4 reproduced documents (2 double page with transcript), 3 page introduction. In card folder. Good condition. Folder faded along the edges and worn at the ends of the spine. Some sheets lightly creased.
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Présentation de l’auteur
In 1979 the National Library of Scotland secured for the nation the papers of Nairnshire-born James Augustus Grant (1827-1892), companion of John Hanning Speke on the journey from 1860 to 1863 which finally located the source of the Nile in Lake Victoria.
The selected illustrations in James Augustus Grant 1860-1863 are reproduced in facsimile from Grant’s two-volume sketch-book Nile Sketches, which provides an unrivalled picture of East Africa in the 1860s
I have particularly to thank Dr R.C. Bridges, Department of History, University of Aberdeen, who wrote the introduction; and Mr Ian C. Cunningham, Assistant Keeper in the Department of Manuscripts, and Dr. Ann Matheson, Publications Officer, who devised the publication.
E.F.D. Roberts, Librarian.
Contents
- Introduction
- Agreement between J.A. Grant and J.H. Speke. 1860.
- Letter of J.A. Grant. 1860.
- Journal of J.A. Grant. Entries for 25 to 28 May 1862.
- Map ticket of J.A. Grant. Dingwall 1863.
- Illustrations from J.A. Grant’s Nile Sketches. Vol. 1. Nos. 6-63; Vol. 2. Nos. 32-59.
- Illustrations from J.A. Grant’s ‘Botanical Sketches’.
Biblethiophile, 09.08.2026