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Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
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Part of Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

Author: Richard Francis Burton

Date Published: August 2011
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format: Multiple copy pack
isbn: 9781108031363

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Sir Richard Burton (1821–90) is well known for his colourful career, recorded in numerous books and articles, as a diplomat, explorer and ethnographer. In 1861 he was appointed consul to Fernando Po (now Bioko) in Equatorial Guinea, remaining there for four years until he was transferred to Brazil. These volumes collate the expeditions and ethnographic observations made during his time there. In his preface, Burton writes that the 'plain truth' about the African has not been told in Britain, declaring that English occupation of West Africa has proved 'a remarkable failure'. Volume 1 recounts Burton's landing at the Gaboon River and travel to its source, and includes extensive ethnographical and geographical information. In Volume 2 he travels up the Congo River, and expresses ambivalence about the effects of European traders and missionaries in Africa.

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Product details
- Date Published: August 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108031363
- length: 572 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 40 mm
- weight: 0.87kg
- contains: 20 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. 2 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
1. Landing at the Tio Gabão (Gaboon River)
2. The departure
3. Geography of the Gaboon
4. The minor tribes and Mpongwe
5. To Sánga-Tánga and back
6. Village life in Pongo-land
7. Return to the River
8. Up the Gaboon River
9. A specimen day with the Fán cannibals
10. To the Mbíka (Hill)
11. Mr., Mrs, and Master Gorilla
12. Corisco. Volume 2:
1. From Fernando Po to Loango Bay
2. To Sao Paolo de Loanda
3. The festival
4. The cruise along shore
5. Into the Congo River
6. Up the Congo River
7. Boma
8. A visit to Banza Chisalla
9. Up the Congo to Banza Nokki
10. Notes on the Nzadi or Congo River
11. Life at Banza Nokki
12. Preparations for the march
13. The march to Banza Nkulu
14. The Yellala of the Congo
15. Return to the Congo mouth
16. The slaver and the missionary in the Congo River
17. Concluding remarks
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Richard Francis Burton