$2200 THE FIRST ASCENT OF KILIMANJARO, Dr Hans Meyer, (translated from German), ACROSS EAST AFRICAN GLACIERS - An account of the first ascent of Kilimanjaro, George Phillip, London, 1891
THE FIRST ASCENT OF KILIMANJARO, Dr Hans Meyer, (translated from German), ACROSS EAST AFRICAN GLACIERS - An account of the first ascent of Kilimanjaro, George Phillip, London, 1891 40 illustrations and one of three maps missing p86, main (often missing) fold-out colour contour map of Kilimanjaro region complete with old tape repairs, 2nd fold-out map of upper Kilimanjaro summit region VG+ Original green cloth and cover decorations worn, corners heavily bumped, splits to spine cloth need repairs, missing frontespiece and endpaper, repaired with tape, This copy of a very scarce work once owned by the New Zealand Government Department of Tourist and Health resorts The Hermitage Mt Cook (stamp on title page) Full page B&W illustrations throughout protected by tissue guards, some plates are mounted photographic prints. Meyer was a German geographer and traveller. In 1887, on his first attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, Meyer reached the base of Kibo, but turned back. He did not have the equipment necessary to handle the deep snow and ice on Kibo. In 1888, alongside the Austrian cartographer Oscar Baumann, he explored the Usambara region, with designs of continuing on to Mount Kilimanjaro. In 1889 Meyer returned to Kilimanjaro with the Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller and Yohane Lauwo, a Chagga guide for a third attempt. Meyer and Purtscheller pushed to the crater rim before retreating to the base of Kibo, they reached the summit on the southern rim of the crater. Meyer named this summit - now known as Uhuru Point- "Kaiser Wilhelm Spitze". After descending to the saddle between Kibo and Mawenzi, they attempted to climb Mawenzi next, but only reached a subsidiary peak (Klute Peak) before retreating due to illness. In Meyer's honour, the highest summit of Mawenzi is known as Hans Meyer Peak. The summit of Kibo wouldn't be climbed for 20 years. The first ascent of Hans Meyer Peak was in 1912. Ex libris John Nankervis Scarce...due to faults priced accordingly $2200
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