The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798

Description:

Translated and annotated by Captain R.F. Burton, F.R.G.S. Also Journey of the Pombeiros P.J. Baptista and Amaro José, across Africa from Angola to Tette on the Zambeze, translated by B.A. Beadle; and A Résumé of the Journey of MM. Monteiro and Gamitto, by Dr. C.T. Beke. First edition. A collection of narratives and accounts of Portuguese expeditions into central Africa. The main part of the book is Burton's translation, with copious notes, of Lacerda's previously unpublished diary of a journey to Cazembe, a kingdom in modern-day Zambia.

Hosken p. 34.

Condition

8vo, orig. blue cloth, rubbed, minor wear, corners and fore-edge of front board lightly bumped, gilt title and R.G.S. emblem to spine; orig. brown coated endpapers. Occasional light foxing. Folding map with minor wear/light soiling to top edge; torn across top corner and neatly repaired with Japanese tissue. Good. Bookplate of Hugh Marshall Hole (1865-1941), colonial administrator and pioneer, best known for his work for Cecil Rhodes’ mining companies, and the distribution of 'Marshall Hole currency' during the First Boer War, a currency card scheme designed to alleviate the problems caused by lack of British currency in wartime.