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Bovill, E. W. (Editor)

Missions To The Niger; Volume 1. The Journal Of Friedrich Hornemann's Travels From Cairo To Murzuk In The Years 1797 - 1798; The Letters of Major Alexander Gordon Laing 1824-26

1964

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Year of publication
1964
Place of printing
Cambridge. The Hakluyt Society
Author
Bovill, E. W. (Editor)
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
Travel - Africa Hakluyt Society Niger
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xiv, 406 pp, frontispiece (portrait of Laing), 4 plates and 6 maps, including folding, bibliog, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt vignette on front cover, spine title lettering, spine a little faded but lettering clear, slightly foxed at outer edge of text block, very good, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Important work on the exploration of the Niger following its discovery by Mungo Park. This volume consists of Friedrich Hornemann's Travels, 1797-98 from Cairo to Murzuk and Laing's trip to Timbuktu from 1824 to 1826.