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Wanderings in West Africa [electronic resource] : From Liverpool to Fernando Po. Volume 1 / Richard Francis Burton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
- Standardized Title:
- Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890--Travel--Africa, West.
- Burton, Richard Francis.
- Africa, West--Description and travel.
- Africa, West.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Narrative Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Great Victorian scholar-adventurer recounts long journey to British diplomatic post at Fernando Po, expeditions to African mainland. Invaluable descriptions of African tribal rituals concerning birth, marriage, death, fetishism, more. 1 illustration, 1 map.
- Contents:
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME ONE
- PREFACE
- OUTWARD BOUND
- A DAY AT MADEIRA
- A DAY AT TENERIFE
- A DAY AT ST. MARY'S, BATHURST
- THREE DAYS AT FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
- SIX HOURS AT THE CAPE OF COCOA PALMS.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC:
- 70767104
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