Missions to the Niger
Missions to the Niger

Author: E.W. Bovill

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1317095464

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This is the first of several volumes on the exploration of the Niger following its discovery by Mingo Park. It begins with the travels of Friedrich Hornemann and then leaps a quarter of a century to the great journey of Alexander Gordon Laing. The travels of Lyon, Oudney, Denham and Clapperton will be the subject of later volumes. Book I consists of an edited text of Hornemann's journal of his travels from Cairo to Murzuk between 1797 and 1798 together with an introduction by Mr Bovill. Book II , on Laing's mission to Timbucktu from 1824 until his death in 1826, has been built up from miscellaneous material drawn from various contemporary sources. All the more important contemporary documents, whether in Laing's hand or not, have been printed exactly as they were written, but the fragmentary material which can be drawn from less important letters and official despatches has been turned into editorial notes which are interpolated in the text. Continued in Second Series 128-130. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1964.

Missions to the Niger
Missions to the Niger

Author: Hugh Clapperton

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 798

ISBN-13:

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The third of a 3-volume set on the Bornu mission, containing the edited text of the "Narrative of travels and discoveries in northern and central Africa in the years 1822, 1823 and 1824,", by Major D. Denham, Captain H. Clapperton and Dr. W. Oudney. This volume contains Clapperton's account of his exploration of Hausa and his stay in Sokoro, with notes & a reconstructed itinerary of his travels.

Missions to the Niger
Missions to the Niger

Author: E. W. Bovill

Publisher: Hakluyt Society

Published: 2010-07-28

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781409414940

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This is the first of three volumes on the Bornu Mission (1822-25) which form part of a series of volumes on the exploration of the Niger. They consist of the edited text of the 'Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the Years 1822,1823 and 1824' by Major D. Denham, Captain H. Clapperton and Dr W. Oudney. This volume begins with the editor's introduction in which he discusses the text and the historical background and fills in the details of the Narrative. It is followed by the first two annotated chapters of the Narrative, together with reconstructed itineraries of the various expeditions. It also includes some additional documents by Denham and Oudney which throw further light on the Mission. The second volume covers the Mission's exploration of Bornu and adjoining countries, with notes and itineraries. The third volume is devoted to Clapperton's account of his exploration of Hausa and his stay in Sokoto. The main pagination of this and the two following volumes is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1966.