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Filed under: Africa, West -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 The Golden Trade: or, A Discovery of the River Gambra, and the Golden Trade of the Aethiopians, by Richard Jobson
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Filed under: Africa, West -- Description and travel A Pocket Guide to West Africa (1943), by United States Army Service Forces Special Service Division Alone in West Africa (New York: C. Scribner's Sons; London: T. W. Laurie, ca. 1912), by Mary Gaunt Impressions of Western Africa: With Remarks on the Diseases of the Climate and a Report on the Peculiarities of Trade Up the Rivers in the Bight of Biafra (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858), by Thomas J. Hutchinson (page images at Google) In an Elephant Corral, and Other Tales of West African Experiences (New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1912), by Robert Hamill Nassau Lost in the Jungle (New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1900), by Paul B. Du Chaillu (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics) Stories of the Gorilla Country, Narrated for Young People (New York: Harper and Brothers, c1867), by Paul B. Du Chaillu (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics) Ten Years' Wanderings Among the Ethiopians: With Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Civilized and Uncivilized Tribes, From Senegal to Gaboon (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861), by Thomas J. Hutchinson (page images at Google) Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando Po, Princes Island, etc. etc. (second edition; London: G. Routledge, 1840), by James Holman (page images at Google) Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, by Richard Francis Burton We Two in West Africa (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1909), by Decima Moore and Frederick Gordon Guggisberg (page images at HathiTrust) Western Africa: Its History, Condition, and Prospects (New York: Harper and Bros., 1856), by J. Leighton Wilson Wild Life Under the Equator, Narrated for Young People (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1869), by Paul B. Du Chaillu (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics) Trader Horn: Being the Life and Works of Alfred Aloysius Horn (single volume; New York: Simon and Schuster, 1927), by Trader Horn, ed. by Ethelreda Lewis, contrib. by John Galsworthy (page images at HathiTrust) Journal of an African Cruiser: Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, the Cape de Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa (London: Wiley and Putnam, 1845), by Horatio Bridge, ed. by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Gutenberg text) Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships, Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, Under the Command of Capt. F.W. Owen, R.N. (2 volumes; London; R. Bentley, 1835), by Thomas Boteler Recollections of Central America and the West Coast of Africa (London: T. C. Newby, 1869), by Mrs. Henry Grant (multiple formats at archive.org) Travels in West Africa: Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons (unabridged; London and New York: Macmillan, 1897), by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (multiple formats at archive.org) Travels in West Africa: Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons (abridged edition, 1897), by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (Gutenberg text) West African Studies (London and New York: Macmillan, 1899), by Mary Henrietta Kingsley The Advance of Our West African Empire (London: T. F. Unwin, 1903), by C. Braithwaite Wallis Missions de Gironcourt en Afrique Occidentale, 1908/1909 - 1911/1912: Documents Scientifiques (in French; Paris: Société de Géographie, 1920), by G. de Gironcourt Two Voyages to Sierra Leone During the Years 1791-2-3, in a Series of Letters (second edition; London: Printed for the author, 1794), by A. M. Falconbridge (page images at HathiTrust) The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa (New York: Wright, 1854), by Daniel H. Peterson (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
Filed under: Gambia -- Description and travelFiled under: Ghana -- Description and travel Letters From a Bush Campaign (London, S. H. E. Foxwell, ca. 1902), by David Martineau Haylings (page images at HathiTrust) Our Days on the Gold Coast in Ashanti, in the Northern Territories, and the British Sphere of Occupation in Togoland (London: J. Murray, 1919), ed. by Mrs. Henry De La Pasture To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative (2 volumes; London: Chatto and Windus, 1883), by Richard Francis Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative, by Richard Francis Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman (New York: F. A. Stokes, 1898), by R. Austin Freeman (page images at HathiTrust) The Siege of Kumassi (London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1901), by Lady Hodgson (page images at Google; US access only) Filed under: Liberia -- Description and travel Narrative of a Journey to Musardu, the Capital of the Western Mandingoes (New York: S. W. Green, 1870), by Benjamin J. K. Anderson Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party (New York: T. Hamilton; et al., 1861), by Martin Robison Delany (page images at HathiTrust) Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party (from a reprint edition, date unknown), by Martin Robison Delany (Gutenberg text) Abstract of a Journal of E. Bacon, Assistant Agent of the United States to Africa; With an Appendix, Containing Extracts From Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society in England, for the Years 1819-20; To Which is Prefixed an Abstract of the Journal of the Rev. J. B. Cates, One of the Missionaries From Sierra Leone to Grand Bassa (Philadelphia: S. Potter and Co., 1821), by Ephraim Bacon, contrib. by J. B. Cates The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa (New York: Wright, 1854), by Daniel H. Peterson (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC) Filed under: Nigeria -- Description and travel Journal of a Second Expedition Into the Interior of Africa, From the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1829), by Hugh Clapperton, contrib. by Richard Lander and Abraham V. Salemé A Resident's Wife in Nigeria (London: G. Routledge and Sons; New York, E. P. Dutton and Co., 1908), by Constance Belcher Larymore In the Shadow of the Bush (New York: G. H. Doran Co.; London: W. Heinemann, 1912), by Percy Amaury Talbot (multiple formats at archive.org)
Filed under: Abeokuta (Nigeria) -- Description and travel Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains: An Exploration (2 volumes; London: Tinsley Bros., 1863), by Richard Francis Burton Filed under: Sierra Leone -- Description and travel A Residence at Sierra Leone (London: J. Murray, 1849), by Elizabeth Helen Callander Melville, ed. by Caroline Sheridan Norton (multiple formats at archive.org) Two Voyages to Sierra Leone During the Years 1791-2-3, in a Series of Letters (second edition; London: Printed for the author, 1794), by A. M. Falconbridge (page images at HathiTrust) Abstract of a Journal of E. Bacon, Assistant Agent of the United States to Africa; With an Appendix, Containing Extracts From Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society in England, for the Years 1819-20; To Which is Prefixed an Abstract of the Journal of the Rev. J. B. Cates, One of the Missionaries From Sierra Leone to Grand Bassa (Philadelphia: S. Potter and Co., 1821), by Ephraim Bacon, contrib. by J. B. Cates
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Filed under: Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 A Geographical Historie of Africa (London: G. Bishop, 1600), by Leo Africanus, trans. by John Pory The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (London: The author, 1789), by Olaudah Equiano The Travels of Ibn Batūta;: Translated from the Abridged Arabic Manuscript Copies Preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge, With Notes Illustrative of the History, Geography, Botany, Antiques, &c Occurring Throughout the Work (London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Committee, 1829), by Ibn Batuta, ed. by Samuel Lee (page images at HathiTrust) A Caution to Great Britain and Her Colonies, in a Short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions (new edition; London: J. Phillips, 1784), by Anthony Benezet (Gutenberg text) A Caution to Great Britain and Her Colonies, in a Short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions (new edition; London: J. Phillips, 1785), by Anthony Benezet Relations of the Most Famous Kingdomes and Common-Wealths Thorowout the World, Discoursing of Their Situations, Religions, Languages, Manners, Customes, strengths, Greatnesse, and Policies (London: Printed by I. Haviland for I. Partridge, 1630), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson (HTML at EEBO TCP) Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Common-Weales Thorough the World, Discoursing of Their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengthes and Pollicies (London: Printed for J. Jaggard, 1611), by Giovanni Botero, ed. by Robert Johnson
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