Records of Captain Clapperton''s Last Expedition to Africa - With the Subsequent Adventures of the Author

Klappentext An 1830 account of an expedition through West Africa to follow the River Niger! written by the party's only survivor. Zusammenfassung This two-volume work, published in 1830, recounts the failed mission of Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827) and Richard Lander (1804–1834) to explore the River Niger in West Africa. Volume 2 discusses Clapperton's death and Lander's eventual return to England. Inhaltsverzeichnis 10. Character of the Africans in general; 11. The author resumes his narrative; 12. The author's severe indisposition and distress of mind; 13. Pasko; 14. The author overtaken at Dunrora by four armed horsemen from Zeg Zeg, who force him to accompany them back to Zaria; 15. The author becoming entangled, whilst crossing a river, in the stirrups of his horse's saddle, is thrown from its back, and narrowly escapes drowning; 16. Ebo the celebrated fat Eunuch; 17. Novel method adopted by Europeans for conveying slaves on board their vessels; 18. The fetish-huts and tree at Badagry; 19. Captain Laing, of the Brig Maria, of London, hearing that an Englishman was at Badagry, comes from Whydah to fetch the Author.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Lander, Lander Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2011
• EAN: 9781108030434
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03043-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies; Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Africa / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, African History, Classic Travel Writing