Wanderings in West Africa From Liverpool to Fernando Po - By a F.r.g.s.

Klappentext In this 1863 work! explorer Sir Richard Burton recounts life! work and death in nineteenth-century West Africa. Zusammenfassung Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890) was a British explorer famous for his nineteenth-century travels. This 1863 publication documents his mission to investigate West African mortality. In it he vividly recounts his journey to Africa and observations of life, work and death across the Gold Coast, Accra, Lagos and Fernando Po. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Outward bound; 2. A day at Madeira; 3. A day at Tenerife; 4. A day at St. Mary's, Bathurst; 5. Three days at Freetown, Sierra Leone; 6. Six hours at the Cape of Cocoa Palms.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Francis Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2011
• EAN: 9781108030519
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03051-9
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies; Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Africa / West, TRAVEL / Africa / West, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, African History, West Africa, Classic Travel Writing