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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified
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    gbv_883237601
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (390 pages) , digital, PDF file(s)
    ISBN: 9781139051835
    Series Statement: Cambridge library collection. African Studies
    Content: 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
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781108031424
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781108031424
    Language: English
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