The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration

Burton's findings were first laid before the public in his paper 'The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa,' printed in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. 29 (published April 1860) and drawn on directly for the book's topographical material; because that journal printing preceded or was closely contemporary with the two-volume Longman edition, specialist dealers sometimes market a set of the Journal as the true first appearance of the text, though the two-volume book remains the standard first edition normally collected under this title.