Author: George Francis LyonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the Years 1818, 19, and 20
Author: George Francis LyonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the Years 1818, 19, and 20
Author: George Francis Lyon (explorateur).)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fezzan (Libya)
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the Years 1818, 19, and 20
Author: George Francis LyonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa in the Years 1818-19 and 20 Accompanied by Geographical Notices of Soudan and of the Course of the Niger...
Author: Georg Francis LyonA Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa
Author: G.F. LyonPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5876977470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa in the Years 1818-20: Accompanied by Geographical Notices of Soudan, and of the Course of the Niger, with a chart of the routes, and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the Costumes of the Several Natives of Northern Africa.
A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the Years 1818, 19, and 20
Author: G. F. LyonThe Quarterly Review
Author: William GiffordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Quarterly review
Author: Quarterly Review
Author: The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820
Author: Neil ChambersPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000965945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph Banks regarding European and especially British exploration of Africa from 1767–1820, for the first time publishing this globally scattered material in one place, thereby revolutionizing its availability and understanding of the activities of a key figure who helped organize and publish a series of missions to penetrate the African interior, mainly from West Africa and by crossing the Sahara from Cairo and Tripoli. Banks was a founder in 1788 of the African Association, which mounted many of these missions, including those of Mungo Park to explore the River Niger, and J.L. Burkhardt exploring Syria, Arabia and Egypt. At the time, little was known about the African interior, its peoples, kingdoms and resources, and the aim of the African Association under Banks was to discover what lay there, to make contact with and study its societies, to map them and their lands and help establish trading links. Banks also maintained a lively correspondence with British diplomatic representatives in North Africa, such as James Mario Matra at Tangier and Henry Salt in Cairo, who were a rich source of news. Moreover, as unofficial director of the royal gardens at Kew he sent pioneering plant collectors to gather plants in South Africa, vastly boosting knowledge of this region’s important flora. At home, he corresponded with politicians, government officials, entrepreneurs, navigators, naturalists and campaigners like William Wilberforce about a great range of issues surrounding Africa. This work is multi-disciplinary and will stand alongside existing series of Banks’s correspondence published by Neil Chambers (Scientific Correspondence, 2007; Indian and Pacific Correspondence, 2007–14). It will appeal to scholars of African history in the Early Modern Period, to those studying exploration and collecting as well as those interested in natural history, the history of science, geography, cartography and the Enlightenment. An Introduction, detailed Calendar of Correspondents, Timelines for each volume and a comprehensive Index supplement the footnotes to nearly 800 documents included in this fascinating and comprehensive new series.