the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolf Smith, Arthur Donaldson, 1866-1939 Crick, G. C. (George Charles), 1856-1917 Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 Gregory, J. W. (John Walter), 1864-1932 Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914 Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932 Jordan, Karl, 1861-1959 Pocock, R. I. (Reginald Innes), 1863-1947 Simon, Eugène, 1848-1924 text biography enk monographic London New York Edward Arnold, publisher to the India Office 1897 eng

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xvi, 471, [1] p., [6] folded leaves of plates : ill., facsim., [6] folded maps (some col.), ports. ; 28 cm. A. Donaldson Smith was an American medical doctor and amateur big-game hunter who, in 1894-95, undertook an 18-month expedition from Berbera, Somalia (then British Somaliland) to Lake Turkana (then Lake Rudolf) in Kenya. He explored the headwaters of the Shabeelle River in Ethiopia and, on his return journey, descended the Tana River to the Kenyan coast. This book is his account of the expedition. Its appendices contain detailed descriptions and illustrations of the fishes, spiders and scorpions, moths, geological specimens, fossils, plants, and ethnographic objects collected on the expedition. Also included are maps of the expedition's route, glossaries of words collected from several African tribes, and his correspondence with Emperor Menelek, from whom he sought permission to travel through southern Ethiopia. Lake Turkana National Park in Kenya is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. World Digital Library. Appendices: A. Report on a collection of fishes made by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith during his expedition to Lake Rudolf / by Dr. Albert Günther -- V. Order Araneae / by Eugène Simon -- C. Solifugae, Scorpiones, Chilopoda, and Diplopoda / by R.I. Pocock -- D. List of Lepidoptera Heterocera collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith / by W.J. Holland -- E. Note on Dr. Donaldson Smith's geological collection / by J.W. Gregory -- F. On the fossil Cephalopoda from Somaliland collected by Dr. Donaldson Smith / by G.C. Crick -- G. Catalogue of ethnographical objects from Somaliland and the Galla country collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith, in Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania / by Stewart Culin -- H. Lists of a few words spoken by the Konso, Dume, and Arbore (Amar) tribes -- I. Coleoptera / by Dr. Karl Jordan -- J. Emperor Menelek's letter (French translation). by A. Donaldson Smith ... ; illustrated. Advertisements at end. This issue printed in the U.S., copyright 1897. Differs from first issue in having "Lake Rudolf" in place of "Lake Lamu" in title and in having the maps bound in before index instead of interspersed throughout text. In publisher's cloth binding, gold stamped on spine. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. fe----- Natural history Africa, East Scientific expeditions Africa, East Africa, East Description and travel DT361 .S65 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdclccn.06034462 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.681 06034462 hdl:loc.gdc/gdclccn.06034462 hdl:loc.wdl/wdl.681 aacr DLC 830714 20260501185508.8 10082477 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)