E.W. (edt.) Bovill
Published: 1964
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Vol. I: With Laing's letters are included his 'Cursory remarks on the course and termination of the great river Niger', his 'Notes on Gadamis', his only surviving letter to his wife, and the newspaper report of his death. The journal of Friedrich Hornemann''s travels from Cairo to Murzuk in the years 1797-98. The letters of Major Alexander Gordon Laing, 1824-26. Vol. II: This and the following volumes reprint most of the Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton and the late Doctor Oudney (2nd edition, 1826). This volume begins Denham's narrative. Includes previously unpublished documents relating to the mission. Each volume contains a glossary of Arabic terms. Vol. III: Continues Denham's narrative, with additional documents. Vol. IV: Clapperton's narrative, with the appendix of documents translated from Arabic, and additional documents.