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To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Richard Francis Burton
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By (author) Verney Lovett Cameron
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| Series | To the Gold Coast for Gold 2 Volume Set |
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| Series part Volume No. |
Volume 1
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:390 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | African history
Classic travel writing |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108031424
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| Classifications | Dewey:916.6 |
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| Audience | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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| Illustrations |
2 Maps
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
2 June 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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 Burton's 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. The volume finishes with their arrival in Sierra Leone. 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.
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