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Denham, Major Dixon; Clapperton, Captain Hugh; Oudney, Doctor Walter Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in 1822, 1823, and 1824, with a Short Account of Clapperton's and Lander's Second Journey in 1825, 1826, and 1827, Volume 4
London John Murray 1831 Third Edition Hardcover Very Good
Half-leather with marbled boards. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Capt. Hugh Clapperton. One other engraved portrait of Alameen Ben Mohammed, an Islamic scholar and advisor to the Kanem-Bornu Empire. Boards moderately worn, two inch split along right side of backstrip, owner bookplate, date and bookseller's ticket on front pastedown endpaper, toning to first and last several pages of text. An account of the explorer's travels from Tripoli south through various regions in present-day Nigeria to scout out possible trade opportunities for the British government. The trio became the first Europeans to cross the Sahara from north to south. In the present volume, the authors outline their travels from Murmur to Kano (where Dr. Oudney perished) , and then Kano to Sackatoo (Sokoto). A second trip by Clapperton to this region is related by Richard Lander, Clapperton's servant, since Clapperton succumbed to illness during this final trip. Lb; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 279 pages
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