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An account of Edward Steere's journey to Lake Nyassa written in Zanzibar, Lent 1876, 24 pages. There is an accompanying letter from Steere to Major Evan Smith, Consul General, 23 August 1875, informing him of his plans for the expedition.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...

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Diary (66 pages) kept by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika. It includes notes on the collection of specimens, and lists of supplies and equipment.

Content Description

Self-published volume. One of eight printed copies, this is number three, and is inscribed by the author 'For the Cambridge University Library, with respect for Donald Simpson [former RCS librarian]'. The contents of the volume are a collection of articles derived from Clendennen's research into David Livingstone as part of the David Livingstone Documentation Project, 1974-9, and in the course of his career as outlined in the introduction to the volume.

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Diaries and notes written by Christy during his leadership of the British Museum exploring and zoological expedition to Lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa.

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A view showing a man sitting on the side of a boat resting on sand in shallow water. Another man is standing up in the boat behind him. Land can be seen in the far distance. The typescript catalogue states that this photograph was taken in Tanzania. If so, it seems most likely that the 'Manda' referred to is that on the shores of Lake Nyasa.