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Laird, Macgregor / Oldfield, R. A. K. - Narrative of an expedition into the interior of Africa, by the River Niger, in the steam-vessels Quorra and Alburkah, in 1832, 1833, and 1834
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| Schrijver: | Laird, Macgregor / Oldfield, R. A. K. |
| Titel: | Narrative of an expedition into the interior of Africa, by the River Niger, in the steam-vessels Quorra and Alburkah, in 1832, 1833, and 1834 |
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| Uitgever: | London, Bentley 1837 first edition. 2 volumes |
| Bijzonderheid: | 8vo, original boards, with cloth rebacked/restored, morocco title labels, traces of use. xvi, 452; viii, 448 pages, complete with a lithographed map, 2 frontispieces and 4 plates in aquatint. Plates slightly toned. Good copy. |
| Prijs: | € 890,00 |
| Meer info | In 1832 Laird accompanied his Liverpool shipbuilding firm’s expedition, commanded by Richard Lander, to the delta of the Niger River. The expedition proved that the lower Niger could be navigated by oceangoing ships. Laird ascended the Niger to a place 880 km from the sea and its principal eastern tributary, the Benue, 130 km above the confluence. Of the expedition’s 48 European members, all but 9 died from fever or wounds, and Laird never fully recovered from the many hardships of the expedition. |
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