Description: Narrative Of An Expedition To Explore The River Zaire; Usually Called The Congo, In South Africa, In 1816, Under The Direction Of Captain J.K. Tuckey, R.N. To Which Is Added, The Journal Of Professor Smith; Some General Observations On The Country And Its Inhabitants; And An Appendix: Containing The Natural History Of That Part Of The Kingdom Of Congo Through Which The Zaire Flows. Published by Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. John Murray, London, 1818, First Edition. Folding frontis map, thirteen plates, one colored by hand, 498 pp, full contemporary leather measuring 10.75 x 8.25”, 4to. In fair condition. Lovely modern leather binding with gilt tooling on speckled goat. Nicely marbled end papers free of markings. Fresh end papers. Handsome and presentable overall. Ex-library of the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Mass. Folding frontis map is lightly torn and has been repaired with Japanese paper. Title page is chipped and lightly torn at edges. Dampness staining persists through the text at the top right corners and edges. Foxing and dampness staining to plates. Hand colored plate remains bright and clean. Minor toning throughout, moderate at times. Some age-staining and light foxing persist throughout as well. Binding tight and intact. A sound copy. Please see photos. James Hingston Tuckey (1776 – 1816) was an Irish-born British explorer and a captain in the Royal Navy. Some sources mistakenly refer to him as James Kingston Tuckey. In 1814 he was promoted to the rank of commander, and in February 1816 he sailed to explore the River Congo in the schooner Congo, accompanied by the stores ship Dorothy. The expedition aimed to find if there was a connection between the Congo and Niger basins of western and central Africa. Tuckey sailed up the river from its mouth but found that the lower river is not navigable due to rapids (later called the Yellala Falls) above Matadi. He only found ruins of the Portuguese colony and moribund Catholic missions. He suggested sending Protestant missionaries to the Congo. He explored the river up to Isangila. Most of the officers and crew died of fever and Tuckey himself died on 14 October 1816, aged 40, in Moanda, on the coast of today's DR Congo. The expedition was a failure but raised interest in the exploration of Africa. RAREB1818JOPX - 12/22COLT1818JPOX - 12/24 - HKREV139
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Author: J.K. Tuckey
Publisher: John Murray
Topic: Exploration
Subject: History
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