Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po : By A F.R.G.S. - Richard Francis Burton

Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po

By A F.R.G.S.

By: Richard Francis Burton

Paperback | 19 May 2011

At a Glance

Paperback


$70.31

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 1890) was a British explorer, writer and ethnologist best known for his travels in Asia and Africa in the nineteenth century. This is his account, originally published in 1863, of his mission to investigate mortality in West Africa. In Volume 1 he describes his departure from England, with accounts of the landscapes, buildings, cultures and cuisines that characterized his journey from Liverpool through Madeira and Tenerife, before recalling his first impressions of Africa on arriving in Bathurst on the Eastern Cape. In the final two chapters he recounts his findings in Sierra Leone and Cape Palmas, revealing how the positioning of settlements exposed their inhabitants to disease, adverse weather conditions, poverty and malnourishment. Set within a fascinating historical, political and cultural context, and written in vivid detail, Burton's memoirs remain of great interest and relevance to anthropologists, historians and geographers today."

More in African History

Killing Neighbors : Webs of Violence in Rwanda - Lee Ann Fujii

RRP $52.80

$44.50

16%
OFF
Ancient Egypt : The Cradle of Civilisation - Peter Mavrikis
When There Was No Aid : War and Peace in Somaliland - Sarah G. Phillips
Ancient Egypt : Visual Explorer Guide - Peter Mavrikis

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Riotous Deathscapes - Hugo Ka Canham

RRP $52.99

$50.35

Amazigh Arts in Morocco : Women Shaping Berber Identity - Cynthia Becker
Egypt : Contested Revolution - Philip Marfleet

RRP $39.99

$38.25

Travel & See : Black Diaspora Art Practices since the 1980s - Kobena Mercer
491 Days : Prisoner Number 1323/69 - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

RRP $48.95

$46.50

In Sierra Leone - Michael Jackson

RRP $50.95

$48.50

The Silver Tea Service : A memoir - Judy Campbell

RRP $34.99

$28.50

19%
OFF
The Black Man's Burden : Africa and the Curse of the Nation-state - Basil Davidson
The Media and the Rwanda Genocide - Allan Thompson

RRP $68.99

$65.75