Journal Of An Expedition To Explore The Course And Termination Of The Niger - Softcover

Richard Lander And John Lander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461653982 ISBN 13: 9780461653984

Publisher: HardPress, 1831

Synopsis

Journal Of An Expedition To Explore The Course And Termination Of The Niger: With A Narrative Of A Voyage Down That River To Its Termination by Richard Lander and John Lander. This expedition chronicle documents the British attempt to determine the Niger's course and termination, following earlier efforts by Park, Rennell, and Denham. The Landers’ 1829–1830 journey travels from Cape Coast to Badagry and into the interior of West Africa, tracing routes along the Joliba, Quorra, and Niger rivers and detailing daily hardships, climate, sickness, and political diplomacy with African rulers, merchants, and communities. The work combines journals, itineraries, and plates to illustrate the river’s suspected course and termination, and to relate the experiences of meetings with kings, priests, and traders amid the era’s geographer’s zeal. It captures both the perseverance and peril of exploration, as well as the broader context of European inquiry into African geography, trade, and societies in the early 19th century.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1831
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461653982
• ISBN 13: 9780461653984
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360