“The First View of Kilima-Njaro”, opposite page 71

“The First View of Kilima-Njaro”, opposite page 71. Harry Johnston’s The Kilima-Njaro Expedition (1886)

Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (1858-1927) authored The Kilima-njaro Expedition: A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa (London, 1886). This volume is one of thirty-five titles (in addition to manuscript materials) of Johnston’s in the Smithsonian Libraries. The British explorer was also a botanist and linguist adept at many African languages. With the support of the Royal Geographical Society and the British Association, Johnston led an 1884 expedition to Kilimanjaro.