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Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Doctor Oudney, extending across the great desert to the tenth degree of northern latitute, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the capital of the Fellatah empire : with an appendix, published by authority of the Right Honourable Earl of Bathurst, one of His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, and dedicated by permission to his lordship

Title
Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Doctor Oudney, extending across the great desert to the tenth degree of northern latitute, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the capital of the Fellatah empire : with an appendix, published by authority of the Right Honourable Earl of Bathurst, one of His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, and dedicated by permission to his lordship / by Major Dixon Denham and Captain Hugh Clapperton, of the Royal Navy, the survivors of the expedition.
Author
Denham, Dixon, 1786-1828.
Publication
London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, MDCCCXXVI [1826]

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Additional Authors
  • Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827.
  • Oudney, Walter, 1790-1824.
  • Salamé, Abraham V.
  • Brown, Robert, 1773-1858.
  • König, Carl Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851.
  • Murray, John, 1778-1843
  • Davison, Thomas, 1765?-1830
  • Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857
Description
xlviii [i.e. lxviii], 335, [5], 269, [3] p., [38] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps, facsim.; 28 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Note
  • "London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars."--verso of title page.
  • The appendix (p. [139]-269 at end) contains: No. i-xvi. Translations from the Arabic of various letters and documents brought from Bornu and Soudan by Major Denham and Captain Clapperton by A. Salame -- No. xvii-xx. Bornu. Begharmi, Mandara and Timbuctoo vocabularies -- No. xxi. Zoology -- No. xxii. Botanical appendix by Robert Brown -- No. xxiii. Letter to Major Denham on rock specimens ... by Charles König -- No. xxiv. Thermometrical journal kept in Kouka and Bornu.
  • Plates are signed: Drawn by Major Denham of Captn. Claperton [sic], engraved by E. Finden.
  • Signatures: [a]⁴ b-h⁴ i² B-2U⁴ 2X² ²b-2l⁴ 2m⁴(-2m4).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In (note)
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
int. ch. From Tripoli to Mourzuk ; Excursion westward of Mourzuk -- Major Denham's narrative: ch. 1. From Mourzuk to Kouka in Bornou ; ch. 2. Kouka ; ch. 3. Expedition to Mandara ; ch. 4. Excursion to Munga and the Gambarou ; ch. 5. Rainy season at Kouka ; ch. 6. Excursion to Loggun, and death of Mr. Toole ; ch. 7. Journey to the eastern shores of Lake Tchad ; supp. ch. on Bourno -- Captain Clapperton's narrative: sec. 1. From Kouka to Murmur, where Dr. Oudney died ; sect. 2. From Murmur to Kano ; sect. 3. From Kano to Sackatoo, and residence there -- Appendix: no. 1. Translation of a letter from the Sheikh Mohammed El Kanemy ; no. 2. Translation of a letter from an African Chieftan ; no. 3. A letter from Yousef, Pasha of Tripoli, to the Sheikh of Bornou ; no. 4. A letter from the Pasha of Tripoli ; no. 5. A letter from the Sheikh of Bornou to the Sultan of Kanou ; no. 6. A letter from the Sheikh of Bornou to the Sultan of Hoossa ; no. 7. A letter from Chieftan Mohammed Gamsoo ; no. 8. A document relating to the death of Mungo Park.
Call Number
Sc Rare 916.7-D (Denham, D. Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa)
OCLC
  • 2748748
  • NYPGR2748748-B
Author
Denham, Dixon, 1786-1828.
Title
Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Doctor Oudney, extending across the great desert to the tenth degree of northern latitute, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the capital of the Fellatah empire : with an appendix, published by authority of the Right Honourable Earl of Bathurst, one of His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, and dedicated by permission to his lordship / by Major Dixon Denham and Captain Hugh Clapperton, of the Royal Navy, the survivors of the expedition.
Imprint
London : John Murray, Albemarle-Street, MDCCCXXVI [1826]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In:
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 3071
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 916.7-D (accession no. B524178) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827.
Oudney, Walter, 1790-1824.
Salamé, Abraham V.
Brown, Robert, 1773-1858.
König, Carl Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851.
Murray, John, 1778-1843, publisher.
Davison, Thomas, 1765?-1830, printer.
Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857, engraver.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 916.7-D (Denham, D. Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa)
BKT (Denham, D. Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa)
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