The Foundation of British East Africa by John Walter Gregory - History - Uganda, Kenya - British Colonies & Missions - Frederick Lugard

Title: The Foundation of British East Africa

Author: J. W. [John Walter] Gregory, D.Sc

Description: Ex-library. Publisher's brown cloth with gold title on spine. Call label on spine; library name rubber-stamped on all edges of text block. Usual library markings on front endpapers, else interior clean throughout. 15 illustrations plus two fold-out maps. Index. xi + 271 pages.

Originally published in 1901. A history of British East Africa (now Uganda and Kenya) written by the English geologist and explorer, John Walter Gregory (1864-1932). He was the author of several books, including "The Great Rift Valley," a narrative of a journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo made in 1892-93.

Contents:
- The Geography of British East Africa.
- The Natives of British East Africa.
- The Dawn of East African Geography + Account of the East African Coast.
- The Mombasa Missions.
- The Quest for the Nile Sources.
- The Uganda Road and the Traverse of Masailand.
- Stanley and the Uganda Mission.
- The British East Africa Company and the Struggle for Witu.
- The Mazrui Rebellion and Emigration.
- How the Missionaries Returned to Uganda.
- How Lugard Saved Uganda.
- Uganda Under the Foreign Office.
- The Future of British East Africa.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: n/a

Publisher: Negro Universities Press
Place: New York
Year: 1969

Keywords: history, British colonies, missions, Mombasa, Ludwig Krapf, Frederick Lugard, Mazrui, British East Africa Company, Uganda, Kenya,