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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.
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.
First published in 1883, this travel memoir chronicles 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. Volume 2 starts with the men in Sierra Leone and describes
the journey to Axim, 'the gold port of the past and the future' in
Ghana. The subsequent chapters describe various expeditions made
out of Axim and the examination of some mines. The journey 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.
Title: Across Africa, etc. With a map and plates.]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 Cameron, Verney
Lovett; 1885. xxvii. 569 p.; 8 . 010096.g.40.
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