Medienkombination, Englisch, 784 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 1300 g
A Personal Narrative
Medienkombination, Englisch, 784 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 1300 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
ISBN: 978-1-108-03144-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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 the 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. Volume 2 describes the journey to Axim and back. 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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Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: 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.
