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Map of Explorations in Eastern Equatorial Africa Shewing the Herald “Up-Nile” and Stanley-Livingstone Expeditions

Map of Explorations in Eastern Equatorial Africa Shewing the Herald “Up-Nile” and Stanley-Livingstone Expeditions

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Map of Explorations in Eastern Equatorial Africa Shewing the Herald “Up-Nile” and Stanley-Livingstone Expeditions
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[Glasgow: Maclure & Macdonald, ca. 1872]. Lithograph on muslin, printed in black within rustic twig inner border and ornamental outer border printed in red; map measures 17” x 13.75” (including rustic border); overall dimensions: 28” x 22.5”. CONDITION: Good, small hole in left margin, lightly damp-stained and toned, not fragile. An apparently unrecorded map depicting nineteenth-century expeditions to the African interior and primarily focused on contextualizing the then-ongoing expedition of David Livingstone, who became the subject of international speculation while he was unaccounted for in Africa. This intriguing “Map of Dr. Livingstone’s Travels” highlights the fervor around African exploration that gripped the English-speaking world in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The titular explorer, David Livingstone, earned great fame as a result of his 1866–73 expedition to find the source of the Nile, during which his whereabouts were, for several years, unknown. He was ultimately located again in 1871 on the shores of Lake Tanganyika by a party led by Henry Morton Stanley. The map shows the eastern part of Africa centered on the Nile River as it flows northward from the African Great Lakes to its delta in Egypt. It depicts the physical geography of the region as it was known at the time, providing the names for rivers, lakes, mountains, settlements, and historic regions. A key identifies the expeditions of several African explorers, including those of Speke & Burton (1857), David Livingstone (1866), Samuel Baker (1869), Alvan Southworth (the “[New York] Herald Up Nile Expedition” (1871–72), and Henry Morton Stanley (1871). The text below the map contextualizes Livingstone’s expedition and discoveries within the broader history of the search for the source of the Nile and other recent explorations. Scale is given in miles and longitude in degrees east of Greenwich. Overall, the map reflects an informed but imperfect knowledge of the region, and is thus a revealing transitional document in the pre-partition history of Africa. The interior of sub-Saharan Africa was one of the last regions of the world to be explored by Europeans, with several important expeditions taking place from the 1850s to the 1870s. These discoveries paved the way for the Partition of Africa, which culminated in the Berlin Conference of 1884–85 and saw nearly the entire continent divided among rival European powers. The quest to find the source of the Nile captivated geographers for millennia. John Hanning Speke’s 1858 expedition established its outflow from Lake Victoria, although search for an even more distant source continued into the 1870s. David Livingstone (1818–1873) was a Scottish missionary who explored the interior of Africa across several major expeditions. Beginning in South Africa in 1841, Livingstone pushed northward into uncharted territory in the Kalahari in pursuit of converts. In 1853, he declared “I shall open up a path into the interior, or perish.” Livingstone’s next expedition that same year reached the Atlantic and brought him considerable fame in Britain, winning him the sponsorship of the British government. However, his 1863 expedition to the Zambezi region was marred by tragedy—including the death of his wife—and disputes among the party. That voyage was recalled by British authorities. In 1866, Livingstone set out from Zanzibar on his final journey to find the source of the Nile, as depicted on this map. The expedition quickly ran into trouble, and several of his company defected, inventing a story that Livingstone had been killed by raiders. Later news, however, confirmed that Livingstone was still alive, although not heard from for several years, and his whereabouts became the subject of great international speculation. He was eventually located in 1871 in Ujiji (present-day Tanzania) by the Stanley search party. Upon seeing Livingstone, alive but in ill health, Stanley greeted him with the famous words: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Livingstone refused to return to Britain and continued searching for the source of the Nile. He died in 1873 in northern Zambia, where his body was embalmed, taken back to Britain, and buried at Westminster Abbey. In addition to his missionary work, Livingstone advocated for the eradication of the slave trade and the integration of Africa into the world economy. His perspectives and discoveries were critical in shaping British and European geographic knowledge and informed the partition of the continent during the Scramble for Africa.  The lithography firm of Maclure & Macdonald was established by Andrew Maclure and Archibold Grey Macdonald in Glasgow in 1835 and operated until 1992. Among the first printers in Britain to use steam-powered lithography, they established additional locations in Liverpool (1840), London (1845), and Manchester (1886). They are sometimes credited as Mclure, Macdonald & Macgregor. Appointed “Ornamental Printers to the Queen,” the firm produced maps of a variety subjects—British cities, current events, and commercial enterprises—as well as postage stamps. One of Andrew’s sons, Frank Maclure, was lithographer to Queen Victoria in the 1880s.  No examples of this map recorded in OCLC, nor do our various internet searches uncover any. REFERENCES: “David Livingstone (1813-1873)” at BBC online; “David Livingstone” at Britannica online; “MacLure and MacDonald” at Science Museum Group online. 
COLOR PLATES. 170 Chromotafeln aus Brehms Tierleben. Säugetiere (Band I-III; 52 Tafeln); Vögel (Band IV-VI; 55 Tafeln); Niedere Tiere (Band VII-X; 63 Tafeln). 3 Bände. [170 chromolithographs from Brehm's Animal Life. Mammals (Volumes I-III; 52 plates); Birds (Volumes IV-VI; 55 plates); Lower Animals (Volumes VII-X; 63 plates). 3 volumes.]

COLOR PLATES. 170 Chromotafeln aus Brehms Tierleben. Säugetiere (Band I-III; 52 Tafeln); Vögel (Band IV-VI; 55 Tafeln); Niedere Tiere (Band VII-X; 63 Tafeln). 3 Bände. [170 chromolithographs from Brehm's Animal Life. Mammals (Volumes I-III; 52 plates); Birds (Volumes IV-VI; 55 plates); Lower Animals (Volumes VII-X; 63 plates). 3 volumes.] by Brehm, Alfred Edmund

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COLOR PLATES. 170 Chromotafeln aus Brehms Tierleben. Säugetiere (Band I-III; 52 Tafeln); Vögel (Band IV-VI; 55 Tafeln); Niedere Tiere (Band VII-X; 63 Tafeln). 3 Bände. [170 chromolithographs from Brehm's Animal Life. Mammals (Volumes I-III; 52 plates); Birds (Volumes IV-VI; 55 plates); Lower Animals (Volumes VII-X; 63 plates). 3 volumes.]
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Brehm, Alfred Edmund
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1885. First thus. 170 BRILLIANT CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS FROM BREHM'S THIERLEBEN--MANY COPIES INCLUDED IN BOOKS BY DARWIN AND E O WILSON. Scarce complete separate edition of the Chromolithographs for Brehms Thierleben. The beautiful colored plates here mounted on strong cardboard sheets unbound in three 24x33 cm hardcover folders in brown cloth linen binding with printed title and decorative borders to covers and folding card flaps, each folder containing title sheet with list of plates. FOLDER 1 (Mammals, Parts I-III; 52 plates); FOLDER 2 (Birds, Parts IV-VI; 55 plates); FOLDER 3 (Lower Animals, Parts VII-X; 63 plates). LAID IN: 10X14 cm postcard portrait of Brehm with first day of issue German postage stamp honoring him (19.06.1984). Folders very good with wear to corners, plates very good with scattered foxing of mounting cards, not affecting lithographs. Two of the mounting cards have a small tear to one corner. ALFRED EDMUND BREHM (1829 – 1884) was a German zoologist and writer. His multi-volume book Brehms Tierleben, became a household word for popular zoological literature. He was the first director of the Zoological Garden of Hamburg. Baron Johann Wilhelm von Müller, a well-known ornithologist, was looking for a companion for an African expedition. Brehm joined the expedition on 31 May 1847 as a secretary and as a collecting assistant to von Müller. The expedition took him to Egypt, the Sudan, and the Sinai Peninsula; the discoveries made were so important that, at age 20, Brehm was made a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina. His essays and expedition reports from the animal world were well received by the educated bourgeoisie; because of this, he was commissioned by the editor of the Bibliographisches Institut, Herrmann Julius Meyer, to write a large multivolume work on the animal world. Brehms Tierleben (Brehm's Animal Life) is a scientific reference book, one of the first modern popular zoological treatises. First published in German as a six volume work that was completed in 1869 it was published by the Bibliographisches Institut of Herrmann Julius Meyer with illustration directed by Robert Kretschmer (1812-1872). The second edition, completed in 1879 had ten volumes. It was translated into several European languages. As of the second edition, which consisted of ten volumes published from 1876 to 1879, the work was already titled Brehms Tierleben. The work made Brehm famous around the world and its title is still a catchphrase today, even though science has gone far beyond Brehm. Perhaps the greatest change in the second edition was the addition of new illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839 – 1893), the brothers August Specht (1849 - 1923) and Friedrich Specht (1839 – 1909) and others.. Charles Darwin wrote to his publisher, John Murray, recommending a translation of Brehms Tierleben because it was "quite excellent, & the illustrations are admirable". He then asked the German publisher for permission to use the engraved blocks: 14 of the illustrations (birds and monkeys) were included in The Descent of Man, published in 1871. The separately published complete collection of the illustrations offered here was issued in 1885, the year after Brehm's death. Eight of the plates are reproduced in E. O. Wilson's Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life. New York, W. W. Norton (2016).
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A Vanished World. With a foreword by Elie Weisel by Vishniac, Roman

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A Vanished World. With a foreword by Elie Weisel
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Vishniac, Roman
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
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New York: Farrar, Straus, 1983. First edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Vishniac.

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