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  • First English edition of a A Voyage to Senegal by Michel Adanson, the important account of Michel Adanson's famous botanical exploits in Senegal.
    First English edition of a A Voyage to Senegal by Michel Adanson, the important account of Michel Adanson's famous botanical exploits in Senegal.

    ADANSON, Michel.
    A Voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree, and the River Gambia. 1759.
    $1,158.00

  • First edition in English of A Voyage to Senegal by Michel Adanson, the important travel work recounting his famous botanical exploits in Senegal.
    First edition in English of A Voyage to Senegal by Michel Adanson, the important travel work recounting his famous botanical exploits in Senegal.

    ADANSON, Michel.
    A Voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree, and the River Gambia. 1759.
    $1,022.00

  • The Currer copy of Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the colonies of Western Africa by James Edward Alexander, owned by Frances Mary Richardson Currer, one of the eminent female book collectors of the nineteenth century.
    The Currer copy of Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the colonies of Western Africa by James Edward Alexander, owned by Frances Mary Richardson Currer, one of the eminent female book collectors of the nineteenth century.

    ALEXANDER, James Edward.
    Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the colonies of Western Africa, 1837.
    $2,384.00

  • Presentation copy of the first edition of Denham and Clapperton's Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, the most important African travel narrative of it's time.
    Presentation copy of the first edition of Denham and Clapperton's Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, the most important African travel narrative of it's time.

    DENHAM, Major Dixon; CLAPPERTON, Captain Hugh.
    Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, 1826.
    $4,767.00

  • Manuel Francisco de Barros, 2nd Viscount de Santarem, 1791-1856, was one of the leading experts on Portuguese diplomatic history and Crown documents.
    Manuel Francisco de Barros, 2nd Viscount de Santarem, 1791-1856, was one of the leading experts on Portuguese diplomatic history and Crown documents.

    SANTARÉM, Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa, Visconde de.
    A statement of facts, 1856.
    $1,158.00

  • Jean de Bethencourt was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote. From there he conquered for Castile the islands of Fuerteventura (1405) and El Hierro.
    Jean de Bethencourt was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote. From there he conquered for Castile the islands of Fuerteventura (1405) and El Hierro.

    BETHENCOURT, Jean de; BONTIER, Pierre and VERRIER, Jean le (editors).
    The Canarian, or the Book of the Conquest and Conversion of the Canarians 1872.
    $273.00

  • omes Eanes de Zurara (c. 1410 – c. 1474), sometimes spelled Eannes or Azurara, was a Portuguese chronicler of the European Age of Discovery, the most notable after Fernão Lopes.
    omes Eanes de Zurara (c. 1410 – c. 1474), sometimes spelled Eannes or Azurara, was a Portuguese chronicler of the European Age of Discovery, the most notable after Fernão Lopes.

    AZUARARA [ZUARARA], Gomes Eannes de.
    The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. 1896; 1899.
    $545.00

  • First edition of Stanley's famous account of his travels in the Congo which were prompted by a meeting with King Leopold of the Belgians in 1879.
    First edition of Stanley's famous account of his travels in the Congo which were prompted by a meeting with King Leopold of the Belgians in 1879.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    The Congo 1885.
    $3,405.00

  • First edition of Stanley's lively account of the British Expedition against the Ashantis in Africa under Sir Garnet Wolesley in 1874.
    First edition of Stanley's lively account of the British Expedition against the Ashantis in Africa under Sir Garnet Wolesley in 1874.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    Coomassie and Magdala: 1874.
    $2,043.00

  • This illustrated catalogue with detailed collations and critical notes, offers a fascinating insight into the history of the African continent
    This illustrated catalogue with detailed collations and critical notes, offers a fascinating insight into the history of the African continent

    SCHEYBEYLER, Catherine.
    Africana. A distant journey into unknown lands. 2014.
    $137.00

  • A fine copy of Allen's River Niger expedition in the preferred deluxe binding.
    A fine copy of Allen's River Niger expedition in the preferred deluxe binding.

    ALLEN, William; THOMSON, T.R.H.
    A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger, 1848.
    $4,086.00

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

    MOCKLER-FERRYMAN, Augustus Ferryman.
    Up the Niger. 1892
    $1,703.00

  • Robert Adams was an American seaman, the son of a New York sail maker and an Afro-American mother.
    Robert Adams was an American seaman, the son of a New York sail maker and an Afro-American mother.

    ADAMS, Robert.
    The Narrative of Robert Adams, 1816.
    $2,043.00

  • Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Peddie and Campbell; Gray was scarcely more successful, being captured by the Fulani of Futa-Toro.
    Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Peddie and Campbell; Gray was scarcely more successful, being captured by the Fulani of Futa-Toro.

    GRAY, Major William
    Travels in Western Africa, 1825.
    $2,384.00

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

    FORBES, Frederick Edwyn.
    Six months' service in the African blockade, from April to October 1848, in command of H.M.S. Bonetta. 1849.
    $2,384.00

  • Printed for subscription only to raise money for Fawckner who had fallen on hard times. An account of the author's travels in West Africa in 1825.
    Printed for subscription only to raise money for Fawckner who had fallen on hard times. An account of the author's travels in West Africa in 1825.

    FAWCKNER, James.
    Narrative of Captain James Fawckner's travels on the coast of Benin. 1837.
    $3,405.00

  • Rare privately printed journal of Davidson's attempt to cross the Western Sahara from Tangier to Timbuktoo which ended with his murder in November 1836.
    Rare privately printed journal of Davidson's attempt to cross the Western Sahara from Tangier to Timbuktoo which ended with his murder in November 1836.

    DAVIDSON, John.
    Notes taken during travels in Africa... 1839.
    $3,405.00

  • collected extensive information, principally from slaves which led him to the conclusion that the Niger ended in the great delta of the Blight of Benin.
    collected extensive information, principally from slaves which led him to the conclusion that the Niger ended in the great delta of the Blight of Benin.

    M'QUEEN, James.
    A geographical and commmercial view of northern Central Africa: 1821.
    $1,567.00

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