The Niger Journal of Richard and John Lander
The Niger Journal of Richard and John Lander

Author: Richard Lander

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780415329910

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The journal of the Lander brothers provides a narrative of one of the most important missions of exploration in the history of West Africa. The editor's introduction contains much new material on the Landers and their journey drawn from hitherto unpublished sources, while an epilogue describes Richard Lander's last expedition to the Niger in 1832-4 and his death at Fernando Po. Originally published in 1965.

The Niger Journal of Richard and John Lander
The Niger Journal of Richard and John Lander

Author: Robin Hallett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1136530452

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The journal of the Lander brothers provides a narrative of one of the most important missions of exploration in the history of West Africa. The editor's introduction contains much new material on the Landers and their journey drawn from hitherto unpublished sources, while an epilogue describes Richard Lander's last expedition to the Niger in 1832-4 and his death at Fernando Po. Originally published in 1965.

Barrow's Boys
Barrow's Boys

Author: Fergus Fleming

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9780802137944

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Describes a series of nineteenth-century British expeditions into Africa, the Arctic, and Antarctica, chronicling the adventures of explorers who ventured into some of the most perilous unknown regions of the world.

Hugh Clapperton Into the Interior of Africa
Hugh Clapperton Into the Interior of Africa

Author: Hugh Clapperton

Publisher: Leiden [Netherlands] : Brill

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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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.

Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P
Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P

Author: Jennifer Speake

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9781579584245

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Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.