Item RGS/CB6/2290 - Waller, Gerald including: Sept 23 1878, on the road from Dar-es-Salaam to Lake Nyassa, on...

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Waller, Gerald including: Sept 23 1878, on the road from Dar-es-Salaam to Lake Nyassa, on...

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  • c1878-1880 (Creation)

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Waller, Gerald including: Sept 23 1878, on the road from Dar-es-Salaam to Lake Nyassa, on the use of elephants as baggage animals in Africa; Oct 26 1878, on news from Dr. Kirk, on a new species of gazelle he brought back from E. Africa; Feb 2 1880, comments on news from Thomson and, based on this information, suggests the best route from Zanzibar to the interior, for commerce; Mar 22 1880, news of intended journey by Beardall(Chief constructor of the Mackinnon-Buxton road from Dar-es-Salaam) to the Uranga river;

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Royal Geographical Society >> RGS Correspondence Collection >> Correspondence >> RGS CORRESPONDENCE

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