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. ...

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To which is added the Journal of Professor Smith; and some observations of the Country and its Inhabitants. Published by Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. New York: Published by William B. Gilley 1818. 8vo. Orig. papered boards with the remains of the original printed titling-label on spine. (VIII 410pp.). With a large engrv. map and text-figs. Uncut. Some foxing but an excellent complete copy of the uncommon American edition published at the same time as the London issue. The American edition here offered is particularly scarce as no copy of it is recorded in Sabin. NOTE: In 1802 the author was appointed first lieutenant of H.M.S. Calcutta which was fitted out to take Collin's Expedition to Australia in order to found the settlement at Port Phillip. After returning to England in 1805 his ship was captured by the French and remained a prisoner of war until 1814. In 1816 he was appointed by the Admiralty to lead an official expedition to the Congo.