Wanderings in West Africa
Richard F. Burton
“In 1861, Sir Richard Francis Burton, one of the Victorian era’s greatest scholar/adventurers, entered the British Foreign Office as consul in Fernando Po, a Spanish island off the coast of West Africa. Over the next three years, he embarked on many short expeditions to the mainland, amassing a huge store of information on the indigenous peoples of the region. He later wrote five books about his travels and exploration. This present volume is one of the best known, a fascinating, detailed description of Burton’s long journey to his post, his arrival at Fernando Po and his first investigations of the lives and customs of native tribes dwelling along the West African coast.”
Publisher: Dover
Paperback: 624 pages
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