Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding lithographed map, wood-engraved frontispiece in vol.2, light spotting at beginning and ends, inner joints starting, original dark purple cloth, [Penzer pp.71-72], a very good copy, 8vo, 1863. ⁂ In 1861 Burton took up the post of British consul on the Spanish island of Fernando Po (Bioko, off Cameroon in West Africa). The work includes descriptions of the gold-mining prospects in both Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Burton was in dispute with Speke over the source of the Nile and was infuriated by the Royal Geographical Society for choosing Speke to lead a second expedition to establish his claim, causing him to issue this work anonymously, although his name does appear on the spines.
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding lithographed map, wood-engraved frontispiece in vol.2, light spotting at beginning and ends, inner joints starting, original dark purple cloth, [Penzer pp.71-72], a very good copy, 8vo, 1863. ⁂ In 1861 Burton took up the post of British consul on the Spanish island of Fernando Po (Bioko, off Cameroon in West Africa). The work includes descriptions of the gold-mining prospects in both Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Burton was in dispute with Speke over the source of the Nile and was infuriated by the Royal Geographical Society for choosing Speke to lead a second expedition to establish his claim, causing him to issue this work anonymously, although his name does appear on the spines.
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