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Title

Hugh Clapperton into the interior of Africa : records of the second expedition, 1825-1827 / edited by Jamie Bruce Lockhart and Paul E. Lovejoy.

Author

Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827.

Publication

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Bruce-Lockhart, Jamie.
• Lovejoy, Paul E.

Description

xiii, 544 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"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."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Sources for African history, 1570-8721 ; v. 2

Uniform Title

Sources for African history v. 2.

Subject

• Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827 > Travel > Africa, West
• Explorers > Great Britain > Biography
• Explorers > Sudan (Region) > Biography
• Explorers > Africa, West > Biography
• Sudan (Region) > Description and travel
• Africa, West > Description and travel
• Sudan (Region) > Discovery and exploration
• Africa, West > Discovery and exploration

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-531) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : the records of a second expedition into the interior of Africa by Captain Hugh Clapperton, R.N. (1825-1827) -- Ch. 1. Voyage into the Bight of Benin and arrival in Badagry -- Ch. 2. Journey from the Badagry over the Kong Mountains to the city of Eyeo or Katunga -- Ch. 3. Residence at Eyeo-Ile or Katunga, the capital of the Youriba -- Ch. 4. Journal of the proceedings from Katunga, or Eyeo, to Boussa on the Niger, or Quorra, the place where Mungo Park perished -- Ch. 5. Journey from Boussa, across the ferry of the Quorra, by Guarri and Zegzeg, to the city of Kano -- Ch. 6. Journey from Kano to the camp of Bello, and from thence to Soccatoo -- Ch. 7. Residence at Soccatoo, till the death of the author.

ISBN

9004141553 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004062921

OCLC

• 57344311
• SCSB-10147172

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library