Lander, Richard and John

FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, small 8vo (148 x 90mm.), (vol.1) lxiv, 272pp.; (vol.2) viii, 322pp.; (vol.3) viii, 354pp., half-titles, 2 engraved maps [one folding], 7 engraved plates, illustrations, contemporary pale half calf, spine gilt and blindstamped, marbled boards and endpapers, covers rubbed

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"This [expedition] settled the vexed question of the course and outlet of the Niger which many had thought flowed inland to Lake Chad... [and on their return] the Landers, particularly Richard, were greeted with much enthusiasm: Richard became the first gold medallist of the Royal Geographical Society and John Murray, the publisher, gave them £1000 for their journals" (ODNB).