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lake regions of Central Africa; a picture of exploration

Richard Burton’s account of his ill-fated journey to discover the source of the Nile with his later bitter rival John Hanning Speke. A classic of Victorian exploration as colourful as its author.

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Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah

Legendary explorer RIchard Burton’s own description of his famous 1853 journey in disguise to the Muslim Holy cities of Mecca and Medina - then ‘off-limits’ to Europeans. An enthralling classic by a great traveller and writer.

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Pitcairn’s Island, and the islanders, in 1850

An interesting book by Walter Brodie who was stranded on Pitcairn's Island for several weeks whilst en-route from New Zealand to California. He found there a flourishing if poor community who welcomed him so warmly that he professed the weeks to be some of the best of his life. The Islanders were...

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last of the Arctic voyages; being a narrative of the expedition in h.m.s. assistance, under thE command of sir edward belcher, c.b., in search of Sir John Franklin during the years 1852–53–54, with notes on the natural history

A description of some of the several expeditions launched to find the ill-fated Franklin expedition to discover the North-West Passage. Although its results were inconclusive, the Belcher voyages are an intriguing account of the search.

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naturalist on the River Amazons, A Record of Adventures, Habits of animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven years of Travel

To say that the author's foray in the Amazon was extensive, hardly does justice to the sheer scale of his endeavours. Leaving England in 1848 with a fellow naturalist A R Wallace, he was away for eleven years during which time he collected over 14,000 species of which a staggering 8,000 were new ...

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Albert N'yanza, great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the nile sources

In 1863 Samuel White Baker, accompanied by his wife, discovered Albert N'Yanza, which he named after the Queen's late Consort. These two volumes describe his numerous adventures and as he says himself; 'Having thus completed the work after nearly five years passed in Africa, there still remains a...

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Narrative of an exploring voyage up the rivers Kwo'ra and Bi'nue (Commonly known as the Niger and Tsadda) in 1854

The author of the narrative, William Balfour Baikie, was the Surgeon on this expedition to sail up the Niger River and explore the interior. As was often the case at the time, he also took on the role of Naturalist and describes the geography and natural history of the territories visited. One of...

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Okavango River: a narrative of travel, exploration, and adventure

Written by the author of 'Lake Ngami', Charles J Andersson, five years after his first book, this narrative covers his journey from the mines on the borders of the then Great Namaqua and Damara Land, to the Okavango River. His intention had been to journey into the interior with his friend Freder...

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Lake Ngami; or explorations and discoveries…in South Western Africa

Written by Charles J Andersson, a Swede who, with a friend he had made in London, the explorer Francis Galton, decided on a venture to Southern Africa. Andersson was an amateur naturalist and in this narrative describes in detail the geological and mineral features of these scarcely visited lands...

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