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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) was a British explorer, writer and ethnologist best known for his travels in Asia and Africa in the nineteenth century. This is his account, originally published in 1863, of his mission to investigate mortality in West Africa. In Volume 1 he describes his departure from England, with accounts of the landscapes, buildings, cultures and cuisines that characterized his journey from Liverpool through Madeira and Tenerife, before recalling his first impressions of Africa on arriving in Bathurst on the Eastern Cape. In the final two chapters he recounts his findings in Sierra Leone and Cape Palmas, revealing how the positioning of settlements exposed their inhabitants to disease, adverse weather conditions, poverty and malnourishment. Set within a fascinating historical, political and cultural context, and written in vivid detail, Burton's memoirs remain of great interest and relevance to anthropologists, historians and geographers today.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Lifestyle, sport & leisure Travel & holiday Travel writing

• Pełny tytuł: Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po
• Podtytuł: By a F.R.G.S.
• Autor: Richard Francis Burton
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 322
• EAN: 9781108030519
• ISBN: 1108030513
• ID: 02056391
• Wydawca: Cambridge University Press
• Waga: 410 g
• Wymiary: 216 × 140 × 18 mm
• Data wydania: 17. April 2011

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