Johnston, Harry H.

The Story of My Life.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923. 15.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 536 pages. 3 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and blind tooling at front board edges. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very occasional foxing. Interior is otherwise very bright and clean. Binding firm, strong and square.

Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston GCMG KCB (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927), frequently known as Harry Johnston, was a British explorer who travelled widely in East and Central Africa, botanist, artist, colonial administrator and linguist who spoke many African languages. He published 40 books on African subjects and was one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa that occurred at the end of the 19th century (Wikipedia).

He gained his early African experience as a painter, natural-history collector, and freelance journalist. He was in Tunis (1879–80) and then travelled through Angola and up the Congo River (1882–83). On a botanical expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro in eastern Africa, he obtained a land concession that helped draw the frontiers between British and German territories in that region. Joining the consular service in 1885, he spent three years administering a British protectorate in eastern Nigeria. Between 1888 and 1891 he exercised much influence on British African policy and obtained the treaties on which the United Kingdom based its claims to Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia. Between 1891 and 1895 Johnston served as the first British consul general and commissioner in Nyasaland (now Malawi). Johnston was knighted in 1896. He served two years as consul general in Tunis and then was special commissioner in Uganda (1899–1901). (Britannica)

• Keywords: 19th Century · Administration · Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British East · Africa, British Southern · Africa, Southern · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Autobiography · Biography · British · British Author · British Colonial Administration · British Colonial History · British Dominions · British East Africa · British Empire · British Imperial · Colonial History – Rare · Malawi · Scramble for Africa · Travel · Travel Africa – Rare · Travel and Adventure · Travellers · Travelling Authors · Victorian Era
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120176AB

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