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1 online resource (xi, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait |
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 123 |
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Missions to the Niger ; v. 1 |
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Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd ser., no. 123.
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| Contents |
COVER; PREFACE; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; THE JOURNAL OF FREIDRICH HORNEMANN'S TRAVELS FROM CAIRO TO MURZUK IN THE YEARS 1797-98; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; i. The Search for the Niger; ii. Friedrich Conrad Hornemann; iii. Paris to Cairo; iv. Cairo to Murzuk; v. Murzuk to Bokani; vi. Hornemann and the Niger; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; THE JOURNAL; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE TO THE JOURNAL; I VOYAGE FROM CAIRO TO AUGILA; i. To Ummesogeir; ii. Observations on the Desert, from the Valley of Natron to the Mountains of Ummesogeir; iii. Ummesogeir, and further Journey to Siwah; iv. Siwah; v. Antiquities of Siwah |
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Vi. Departure from Siwah Journey to Schiacha, and Danger which the Traveller there incurred; vii. Departure from Schiacha; arrival at Augila; II; i. Augila, to the Confines of Temissa; ii. Observations on the Region of the Harutsch; iii. Arrival at Temissa, and further Journey; iv. Of Zuila; v. Further journey -- and arrival at Mourzouk; III SOME ACCOUNT OF FEZZAN; APPENDIX; I SOME ACCOUNT OF F. HORNEMAN, AFTER HIS ARRIVAL AT MOURZOUK; II A MEMOIR, CONTAINING VARIOUS INFORMATIONS RESPECTING THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA; TRANMITTED FROM MOURZOUK IN 1799, BY F. HORNEMAN |
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THE LETTERS OF MAJOR ALEXANDER GORDON LAING 1824-1826ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; i. The Materials; ii. The Problem of the Niger; iii. Alexander Gordon Laing: The Soldier; iv. Laing and the Niger; v. The Road to Timbuktu; vi. Yusuf Karamanli; vii. Colonel Warrington; viii. Clapperton and Laing; ix. Hatita; x. The Story of Timbuktu; xi. Alexander Gordon Laing: The Explorer; ITINERARY; THE LETTERS; I PREPARATIONS; II TRIPOLI: LAING AND THE BASHAW; III TRIPOLI: EMMA WARRINGTON; IV FAREWELL TO LAING; V TRIPOLI TO GHADAMES; VI GHADAMES; VII IN SALAH; VIII THE FIRST ATTACK; IX TIMBUKTU |
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X THE SEARCH FOR LAINGXI THE MISSING JOURNALS; APPENDIX; I Journal of Major A. Gordon Laing; II Laing's Cursory Remarks on the course and termination of the Great River Niger; III Laing's Notes on Gadamis; IV Emma Gordon Laing; V The Report of Laing's death published in l'Etoile of 2 May 1827; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Annotation With Laing's letters are included his 'Cursory remarks on the course and termination of the great river Niger', his 'Notes on Gadamis', his only surviving letter to his wife, and the newspaper report of his death. Continued in Second Series 128-130. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1964 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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TRAVEL -- Africa -- General.
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Discoveries in geography
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| SUBJECT |
Niger River. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091852
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Africa -- Discovery and exploration
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Africa
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Niger River
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bovill, E. W.
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Hornemann, Friedrich, 1772-1800.
Journal
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Laing, Alexander Gordon.
Letters
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| ISBN |
9781409417286 |
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140941728X |
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1317095464 |
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9781317095460 |
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128312890X |
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9781283128902 |
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9786613128904 |
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6613128902 |
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