Jean de Béthencourt (1362–1425) was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanz...

Stanley's lively account, written whilst special correspondent for the New York Herald, of the British Expedition against the Ashantis in Africa u...

One of Burton's more sensational books. Dahomey had the reputation of being the most bloodthirsty land in Africa. Burton had wished to visit whils...

This profusely illustrated catalogue with detailed collations and critical notes, offers a fascinating insight into the rich and diverse history o...

Laird was a member of the famous shipbuilding family and the Alburkah, built by his yard, was the first iron vessel to make an ocean voyage. The ...

'Newly married and needing employment, Burton approached the Foreign Office for a consular position, hoping for the post at Damascus. Instead, he ...

Forbes was a prominent anti-slavery campaigner. He is particularly interesting here on local customs and festivals, which are attractively illustr...

An official expedition to discover the course of the Niger from the starting point of Tripoli, rather than West Africa. Denham and Clapperton were...

The British Niger Expedition of 1841 was commissioned by the British Government to perform two primary tasks: firstly, to work towards the suppres...

A fine copy of Allen's River Niger expedition in the preferred deluxe binding.The British Niger Expedition of 1841 was commissioned by the British...

Mockler-Ferryman's account of the expedition led by Major MacDonald in 1889 to investigate complaints about the Royal Nigerian Company. Includes a...

Illustrated with fine hand-coloured plates. Scarce. 'An early eyewitness description of the territories of the western coast of Africa promoting gr...

Robert Adams was an American seaman, the son of a New York sail maker and an Afro-American mother. His real name was Benjamin Rose. Having set sai...

one of the great African narratives completing the navigaton of the river niger.Richard Lander accompanied Hugh Clapperton as his manservant on hi...

Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Major Peddie (who died of fever) and Captain Campbell (who also died on his arrival at the c...

Scarce. Important first hand work on the Slave Trade at the time of Sierra Leone and Liberia signing the Anti-Slavery Trade Treaty.First edition. ...

Very scarce. Printed for subscription only to raise money for Fawckner who had fallen on hard times. An account of the author's travels in West Af...

Rare privately printed journal of Davidson's attempt to cross the Western Sahara from Tangier to Timbuktoo which ended with his murder in November...

An uncommon account. M'Queen, the owner of plantations in Grenada in the West Indies, collected extensive information, principally from slaves but...