Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains: An Exploration

Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains: An Exploration

Burton, Richard Francis

Tinsley Brothers, 1863


2 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. Hinges cracked. Generally clean. Torn with loss to spine ends. Tear to end pages. V.1 is lacking frontispiece, V.2 is lacking map. v.1 (333 p.), v.2 (306 p.); illustrations ; 20 cm. 

  "While serving as British Consul to the Spanish colony of Fernando Po, Burton joined a mission from Lagos to Abeokuta, the capital of the Egba Yoruba tribe. This work details the journey, with particular attention to the local customs, people, flora and fauna." Hosken p 34; Penzer p 70.

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