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Item Details
Title:
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TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD 2 VOLUME SET
A PERSONAL NARRATIVE |
By: |
Sir Richard Francis Burton |
Format: |
Multiple copy pack |

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£53.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1108031447 |
ISBN 13: |
9781108031448 |
Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
Pub. date: |
5 May, 2011 |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies |
Pages: |
784 |
Description: |
This 1883 publication recounts the journey taken by Burton and Cameron into West Africa to inspect local gold mines. |
Synopsis: |
First published in 1883, this travel memoir describes the journey into West Africa undertaken by explorers Richard Burton (1821-90) and Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-94) in 1881. The mission for the two men was to assess the mining potential of the west coast, first observed by Burton in a publication that had appeared twenty years earlier. The first few chapters of Volume 1 cover the journey from Trieste to Lisbon, Madeira and Tenerife and on to Africa during the winter of 1881, including descriptions of Mount Atlas and the Canary Islands. Volume 2 describes the journey to Axim and back. The expedition was cut short by the Foreign Office, who feared for the safety of the two explorers. Burton returned to Europe with a large collection of plant and animal specimens, and the pair sent 151 plant species, lists of which are included in the appendices, to Kew Gardens. |
Illustrations: |
1 colour illus. 2 maps |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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