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 2 describes the expedition from Sierra Leone to Ghana and back. Inhaltsverzeichnis 12. The Sá Leonite at home and abroad; 13. From Sá Leonite to Cape Palmas; 14. From Cape Palmas to Axim; 15. Axim, the gold port of the past and the future; 16. Gold about Axim, especially at the Apatim or Bujiá concession; 17. The return-visit to King Blay; Atábo and Béin; 18. The Izrah mine - the Inyoko concession - the return to Axim; 19. To Prince's River and back; 20. From Axim to Ingotro and Akankon; 21. To Tumento, the 'Great Central Depôt'; 22. To Insimankáo and the Butabué Rapids; 23. To Effuenta, Crockerville, and the Aji Bipa Hill; 24. To the mines of Abosu, of the 'Gold Coast', and of the Tákwá ('African Gold Coast') Companies; 25. Return to Axim and departure for Europe; Conclusion; Appendix; List of birds collected by Captain Burton and Commander Cameron; List of plants collected on the Gold Coast by Captain Burton and Commander Cameron, R. N.; Index.

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: 9781108031431
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03143-1
• No. of pages: 396
• 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