Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Lake Regions of Central Africa, first edition, second issue, half-titles, 12 chromoxylograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, folding map and publisher's advertisements at end of vol. 2, previous owner's ink inscription to titles, scattered spotting, later endpapers to vol. 1, abrasion mark to vol. 2 front pastedown where label removed, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, [Penzer pp.65-66], 8vo, 1860.

⁂ An Account of the Royal Geographical Society expedition with John Hanning Speke in search of the source of the Nile in 1858-59. After Burton fell ill, Speke carried on without him, as he did not believe that their location was the source. He was the first European to discover what he named Lake Victoria, and claimed it to be the source but Burton disputed it, leading to a long-running and bitter feud between them.