Manuscript notebook of Captain Cecil Poulett Weatherley , of the Vigilant, describing his circumnavigation of Lake Bangweolo, 1896-1899, [c.1899]

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WEATHERLEY (CAPTAIN CECIL POULETT):Manuscript notebook of Captain Cecil Poulett Weatherley (1860-1932), of the Vigilant, describing his circumnavigation of Lake Bangweolo, 1896-1899, comprising detailed notes of compass bearings, longitude and latitude and notes on the geographical features, interspersed with later additional commentary on the land and its people, and illustrated with some thirty-five fine pencil and watercolour maps and drawings, including two portraits (\”…from a sketch made in the Vigilant 23-9-98…\”), describing his route from the Isthmus of Fungé (\”…a stretch of extremely white sand…\”), via Kawendé Country (\”…beautifully wooded with tall Mipundu trees…\”), Kirui Island (\”…out and away, the best wooded of the islands…\”), N\’Kanga and Kasanga Marshes (\”…High papyrus with water ways for canoes…\”), Bemba Chifunawuli (\”…discovered by me in 1896…\”), Luapula (\”…a delightful little river…\”), Mumbotuta Falls (\”…the sight of the Luapula), Mwyangashé River (\”…most disappointing in every way…\”), Wengé Hills (\”…High walls of red sandstone…\”), and Mweru, ending by apologising for gaps in the account as he had mislaid the piece of paper on which he wrote his calculations, with extensive notes on the names of African families and the correct pronunciation of the same, c.315 pages, in ink, dust-staining and marks with some water staining, original ruled vellum boards, faded notes in ink and pencil on front board, worn, binding loose, small 4to (200 x 135mm.), [c.1899]

威瑟利(塞西尔·普莱特上尉) 警备队队长塞西尔·普列特·韦瑟利(Cecil Poulett Weatherley)的手稿笔记本,描述了他在1896-1899年环湖航行的情况

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