| Missions to the Niger: Volume II. The Bornu Mission 1822-25, Part I Contributor(s): Bovill, E. W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1409414949 ISBN-13: 9781409414940 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Expeditions & Discoveries - History | Modern - 19th Century - Travel | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 916 |
| Series: Hakluyt Society, Second |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.47 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first of three volumes on the Bornu Mission (1822-25) which form part of a series of volumes on the exploration of the Niger. They consist of the edited text of the 'Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the Years 1822,1823 and 1824' by Major D. Denham, Captain H. Clapperton and Dr W. Oudney. This volume begins with the editor's introduction in which he discusses the text and the historical background and fills in the details of the Narrative. It is followed by the first two annotated chapters of the Narrative, together with reconstructed itineraries of the various expeditions. It also includes some additional documents by Denham and Oudney which throw further light on the Mission. The second volume covers the Mission's exploration of Bornu and adjoining countries, with notes and itineraries. The third volume is devoted to Clapperton's account of his exploration of Hausa and his stay in Sokoto. The main pagination of this and the two following volumes is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1966. |