CiNii 図書 - Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains : an exploration

Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. Burton wrote this two-volume work, published in 1863, while working as the British consul in Fernando Po (modern-day Equatorial Guinea), West Africa. In Volume 1 Burton describes his journey to Abeokuta, the capital of the Egba tribe of the Yoruba nation (which was located in the south-west of present-day Nigeria). Burton gives detailed descriptions of the people he meets - including the king - and considers the relationship between the Egba and British in the context of the latters' ambitions in West Africa.

Preface
1. From Lagos to Abeokuta
2. Entree into Abeokuta
3. Presented at Court
4. Touching matters religious at Abeokuta
5. The usual sketch - geographical and historical
6. Our second visit to the King
7. The King's return visit
8. The de omnibus and cotton chapter.

巻冊次: v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108030281

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Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. Burton wrote this two-volume work, published in 1863, while working as the British consul in Fernando Po (modern-day Equatorial Guinea), West Africa. In Volume 2 Burton discusses his expedition to the mountains on the coast of Cameroon, where he climbed to the peak of Mount Cameroon, an active volcano. This volume also has extensive appendices that include lists of plants collected on his expeditions, notes about the wildlife living in the mountains, and observations about the climate and temperature of the region.

9. Diplomacy
departure and return to Lagos
The Camaroons Mountains: 1. Preliminaries of exploration
2. We encamp at 'Mann's Spring'
3. First ascent of Pico Grande
4. Subsequent ascents by Messrs. Calvo, Saker, and Mann
5. The final ascent
6. Return to Fernando Po
Appendices: 1. Mr. Grazilhier's description of the Ambozes Country
2. Mr. Merrick's tour in West Africa
3. Flora of the Camaroons Mountains, of Clarence Peak, Fernando Po, and of the Peak of San Thome
4. Notes on the fauna of the Camaroons Mountains
5. Reports and letters touching Ambas Bay
6. Meteorological observations
7. Hypsometrical table.

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