The British Mission to Uganda in 1893
by [UGANDA] PORTAL, Gerald
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold, 1894. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Maroon cloth, stamped in gilt; dark blue coated endpapers; xlvi,351,[1],28,[4]pp; 32pp of publisher's ads at rear; 2 photogravures, folding color map, 16 halftone plates, numerous in-text halftones. Sound but with a slight forward roll, spine lightly faded, bumped and rubbed at edges and corners, both hinges cracking but holding, internally clean: around Very Good.
Portal was a key figure in replacing the control of the Imperial British East Africa Company with a British Protectorate in Uganda. He was directed to report on this viability of this scheme, and negotiated a treaty with the Kabaka of Buganda, Mwanga II, but died before the offical declaration of the protectorate in 1894.
Portal was a key figure in replacing the control of the Imperial British East Africa Company with a British Protectorate in Uganda. He was directed to report on this viability of this scheme, and negotiated a treaty with the Kabaka of Buganda, Mwanga II, but died before the offical declaration of the protectorate in 1894.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61301
- Title
- The British Mission to Uganda in 1893
- Author
- [UGANDA] PORTAL, Gerald
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain; Africa;
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