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“thomas edward bowdich”

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  • Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee

    by Thomas Edward Bowdich ...
    A curiosity throughout Europe, proportionate to the ignorance of the Interior of Africa, exacts the publication of the proceedings and researches of every Exploratory Mission, from its Conductor, as a duty to the Public: “mandat fieri sibi talia.” The Public, in acknowledgment of the performance of the duty, reflecting that it constrains literary efforts which the Author otherwise might never have ... Read more

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  • A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

    by Watkin Tench ...
    A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson is a historical account of the establishment of the first European colony in Australia. The book was written by Watkin Tench, an officer in the British Marine Corps who arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. Tench provides a detailed description of the journey from England to Australia and the early years of the settlement, including ... Read more

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  • A Mission to Gelele

    And the Amazon Warriors of Dahomey

    by Richard Francis Burton ...
    "A Mission to Gelele", the former King of Dahomey, which has taken place in the 1860s, describes with minuteness the rituals of Dahomeyan "customs," of which, before Captain Burton's visit, tales had been spread mixed with wild exaggerations. Written in Burton's lively style, it shows his powers of observation and description, as well as his cynical disposition and sometimes indelicacy of ... Read more

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  • Life and Travels of Mungo Park

    Journeys of Exploration and Adventure in Africa

    by Mungo Park ...
    In "Life and Travels of Mungo Park," the author chronicles his remarkable expeditions through West Africa in the late 18th century, illuminating the landscapes, cultures, and peoples he encountered. The narrative intertwines adventure with a pioneering spirit of exploration, as Park employs a vivid, descriptive literary style that captures both the beauty and perils of his journey. This work ... Read more

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  • Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1841, sent by the colonists of South Australia

    by Edward John Eyre ...
    "In offering to the public an account of Expeditions of Discovery in Australia, undertaken in the years 1840-1, and completed in July of the latter year, some apology may be deemed necessary for this narrative not having sooner appeared, or perhaps even for its being now published at all." ... Read more

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  • Island of Java

    by John Joseph Stockdale ...
    This is the first and most important book about the Island of Java and is essential reading for anyone interested in Javanese history and culture.Originally published in 1811, Island of Java was the first popular work in English to describe what for many centuries was the most important island in the vast Indonesian archipelago. Like most works published during this time, Island of Java recounts ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Mutiny on Board his Majesty's Ship Bounty and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship’s Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies.

    by William Bligh ...
    The story of this famous mutiny has many beginnings and many endings but they all intersect on an April morning in 1789 near the island known today as Tonga. That morning, William Bligh and eighteen surly seamen were expelled from the Bounty and began what would be the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to safety in Timor. ... Read more

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  • Travels into the Interior of Africa

    by Mungo Park ...
    Mungo Park's account of his journeys into West Africa in 1795 and again in 1805 provided Europeans with their first reliable description of the interior of the continent. Though he failed in the object of his mission -to chart the course of the Niger River -he succeeded in leaving a unique record of everyday life before the exploitation of Africa by Europeans, as valuable today as it was then. His ... Read more

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  • Travels in the Interior of Africa

    by Mungo Park, Bernard Waites, Tom Griffith ...
    Series series Classics of World Literature
    With an Introduction and Notes by Bernard Waites, The Open UniversityIn 1795 Mungo Park, a twenty-four year old Scottish surgeon, set out from the Gambia to trace the course of the Niger, a river of which Europeans had no first-hand knowledge. Travels in the interior districts of Africa… is his Journal of that extraordinary journey. He travelled on the sufferance of African rulers and soon came to ... Read more

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  • Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, both volumes

    by Richard Burton ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he ... Read more

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  • The History of Sumatra

    Enriched edition. Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And / Manners Of The Native Inhabitants

    by William Marsden, Brooke Shepherd ...
    In "The History of Sumatra," William Marsden delivers a meticulously researched account of the island's geography, inhabitants, and colonial encounters, framed within the broader context of 18th-century European exploration and colonialism. Marsden's prose is both scholarly and accessible, reflecting the Enlightenment ideals of empirical observation and cultural inquiry. His work offers valuable ... Read more

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  • Travels in the Interior of Africa (Complete)

    by Mungo Park ...
    Soon after my return from the East Indies in 1793, having learnt that the Noblemen and Gentlemen, associated for the purpose of prosecuting Discoveries in the Interior of Africa, were desirous of engaging a person to explore that continent, by the way of the Gambia river, I took occasion, through means of the President of the Royal Society, to whom I had the honour to be known, of offering myself ... Read more

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