Hugh Clapperton into the interior of Africa records of the second expedition, 1825-1827
Hugh Clapperton, Scottish explorer and diplomat, made two expeditions into the interior of West Africa, the first across the Sahara Desert and the second inland from the Bight of Benin. His first expedition in 1822-24, crossed the Sahara to Borno. A second expedition, also an official mission of the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston :
Brill
2005.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Sources for African history ; v. 2. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31791244*spi |
| Sumario: | Hugh Clapperton, Scottish explorer and diplomat, made two expeditions into the interior of West Africa, the first across the Sahara Desert and the second inland from the Bight of Benin. His first expedition in 1822-24, crossed the Sahara to Borno. A second expedition, also an official mission of the British Government, was undertaken in 1825-27 and is the subject of this volume. Clapperton's diaries have been transcribed and reproduced in a form as close as possible to the original raw material. |
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| Descripción Física: | xiii, 544 p. : il., mapas |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [523]-531) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781429457095 9781433704635 |
