Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains 2 Volume Set
Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains 2 Volume Set
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USDSir Richard Burton (1821–1890) the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. Burton wrote this two-volume work, published in 1863, while working as the British consul in Fernando Po (modern-day Equatorial Guinea), West Africa. In Volume 1 Burton describes his journey to Abeokuta, the capital of the Egba tribe of the Yoruba nation. In Volume 2 Burton discusses his expedition to the mountains on the coast of Cameroon, where he climbed to the peak of Mount Cameroon, an active volcano. There are extensive appendices on natural history.
Product details
July 2011Multiple copy pack
9781108030298
686 pages
324 × 250 × 70 mm
1.1kg
5 b/w illus. 1 map
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- 1. From Lagos to Abeokuta
- 2. Entrée into Abeokuta
- 3. Presented at Court
- 4. Touching matters religious at Abeokuta
- 5. The usual sketch – geographical and historical
- 6. Our second visit to the King
- 7. The King's return visit
- 8. The de omnibus and cotton chapter. Volume 2:
- 9. Diplomacy
- departure and return to Lagos
- The Camaroons Mountains:
- 1. Preliminaries of exploration
- 2. We encamp at 'Mann's Spring'
- 3. First ascent of Pico Grande
- 4. Subsequent ascents by Messrs. Calvo, Saker, and Mann
- 5. The final ascent
- 6. Return to Fernando Po
- Appendices:
- 1. Mr. Grazilhier's description of the Ambozes Country
- 2. Mr. Merrick's tour in West Africa
- 3. Flora of the Camaroons Mountains, of Clarence Peak, Fernando Po, and of the Peak of San Thomé
- 4. Notes on the fauna of the Camaroons Mountains
- 5. Reports and letters touching Ambas Bay
- 6. Meteorological observations
- 7. Hypsometrical table.
