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BOVILL, E.W. editor

Missions to the Niger,

Missions to the Niger,

1) The Journal of Friedrich Hornemann's Travels and The Letters of Alexander Gordon Laing.
2-4) The Bornu Mission, 1822-25

Stock Code 66705

Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, 1964-66.

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Hakluyt Society second series, 123, 128, 129, 130.

Important accounts, including those of Denham and Clapperton, of early explorations of the Niger River, including hitherto unpublished materials.

First edition. 4 volumes, 8vo., frontispieces, 9 folding maps and numerous photographic plates throughout, blue cloth gilt and original light blue dust-wrappers, very good condition.

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