Livingstone's Lake : The Drama of Nyasa

314pp plus numerous black and white plate illustrations and a small section of coloured maps. In blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Light wear on edges. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, mild tanning on endpapers, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (rubbed at edges, especially around spine ends, with circa 1cm tear on base, with minor loss. From the incision of the Great Rift Valley to the present day, the turbulent history of Lake Nyasa makes for a colourful story. Once a myth to the outside world, Arab and Portuguese incursions added to knowledge even before David Livingstone's Zambesi Expedition