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Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, During the Autumn of 1823, While on His Third Voyage to Africa; By the Late T. E. Bowdich.to Which Is Added, by
Contributor(s): Bowdich, Thomas Edward (Author)
ISBN: 1240862741     ISBN-13: 9781240862740
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
OUR PRICE:   $31.11  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2011
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Physical Information: 0.73" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (1.39 lbs) 352 pages
 
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Title: Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, during the autumn of 1823, while on his third voyage to Africa; by the late T. E. Bowdich ... To which is added, by Mrs. Bowdich, I. A Narrative of the continuance of the voyage to its completion, together with the subsequent occurrences from Mr. Bowdich's arrival in Africa to the period of his death. II. A Description of the English settlement on the River Gambia. III. Appendix: containing zoological and botanical descriptions, and translations from the Arabic. Illustrated by sections, views, costumes, and zoological figures.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Bowdich, Thomas Edward; 1825. xii. 278 p.; 4 . 1788.a.11.