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The Graphic : The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper. Saturday, December 11, 1875. Vol. XII. No. 315

(London: The Graphic, 1875)

Folio (405 x 298 mm); contained within a film fronted bag; wrappers discarded; pp. [569-592]; several woodcuts and advertisements. Some foxing and occasional minor soiling. There are several pictures from the Royal Visit to India, and from George Nares' Arctic expedition with 'Alert' and 'Discovery' (including a two-page spread of illustrations, one of which shows Upernavik, the most northerly settlement in the world), plus a report on 'The Interior of Africa'. The Africa article brings up to date the record of exploration in the interior of the Dark Continent, noting that, despite some progress, 'all the recent attempts to explain the greater terra incognita from the West side, by ascending the Congo river, have been failures.' The conclusions drawn in the November 13 issue regarding the implications of Stanley's findings are amplified here: 'It must be pleasing to the friends and supporters of the late Captain Speke to notice how completely the statements and conclusions of that great explorer are borne out by the observations of Mr. Stanley. Speke would have it that Victoria Nyanza was one great lake, not two or more smaller ones, and the "Anglo-American Expedition" has conclusively settled that point in his favour; he believed that he had found what is preeminently the source of the Nile, and now it is so evident as to be undeniable that he did do so.'

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