To the Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative

Klappentext This 1883 publication recounts the journey taken by Burton and Cameron into West Africa to inspect local gold mines. Zusammenfassung Written by explorers Richard Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron! this two-volume memoir describes the journey the two men took into West Africa in 1881 to assess the potential of local gold mines. First published in 1883! Volume 1 chronicles Burton's journey from Trieste to Sierra Leone. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Preliminary: Trieste to Lisbon; 2. From Lisbon to Madeira; 3. A fortnight at Madeira; 4. Madeira (continued) - Christmas - small industries - wine - Tenerife; 5. To Tenerife, La Laguna, and Orotava; 6. The routine ascent of Mount Atlas, the 'Pike' of Tenerife; 7. The Spanish ascent of the repulse of Nelson from Santa Cruz de Tenerife; 8. To Grand Canary - Las Palmas, the capital; 9. The Cochineal - the 'Gallo' - Canary 'Sack' - adieu to the Canaries; 10. The ruined river-port and the tattered flag; 11. Sierra Leone: the change for the better.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Francis Burton, Sir Richard Francis Cameron Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron, Cameron Verney Lovett
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108031424
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03142-4
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies; To the Gold Coast for Gold 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; 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