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1854 The Snowy Mountain Of Eastern Africa

• In Petermann, A.: The Snowy Mountains of Eastern Africa. ("The Athenaeum", 1853, Nr. 1348.)
• Literaturquelle in "Ostafikanische Gletscherfahrten", Dr. Hans Meyer, 1890
• An original engraving published in Gleason's Pictorial magazine of September 2, 1854 entitled as follows:
• "The Snowy Mountain of Eastern Africa"
• This was the first sighting of Mount Kilimanjaro by a European. The associated text describes the discovery by missionary Johannes Rebmann - see text and below
• Good condition - minor damp just touching the bottom right corner - see scan. Image size 6 x 6 inches.
• This is an original antique print and not a reproductions . Great collectors item for the historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items.