To the Gold Coast for Gold Book-Cambridg
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| Management number | 21166528 | Release Date | 2025/10/30 | List Price | $35.40 | Model Number | 21166528 | ||
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To the Gold Coast for Gold Book-Cambridge Library Collection-Double Sealed Book Collection, Vol 1 & 2, Box Set, very thick, Mint, 2011, This 1883 publication recounts the journey taken by Burton & Cameron into West Africa to inspect local gold mines. 1st published in 1883, this travel memoir chronicles the journey into West Africa undertaken by explorers Richard Burton (1821-90) & Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-94) in 1881. The mission for the men was to assess the mining potential of the west coast, 1st observed by Burton in a publication 20yrs earlier. Vol 2 starts with the men in Sierra Leone & describes the journey to Axim, 'the gold port of the past & the future' in Ghana. Subsequent chapters describe various expeditions made out of Axim & exami some mines. The journey was cut short by the Foreign Office, who feared for the safety of the explorers. Burton returned to Europe with a large collection of plant/animal specimens & they sent 151 plant species to Kew Gardens, list included
| Category | Books > Reference Books > Educational & Instructional Books |
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