To the Gold Coast for Gold
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894
- Title
- To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I
- Credits
- Jim O’Connor, Distributed Proofreaders and David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
- Subject
- Ghana -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 8821
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8821
- Release Date
- September 1, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD — A Personal Narrative — By Richard F. Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron — In Two Volumes—Vol. I. — TO OUR EXCELLENT FRIEND — JAMES IRVINE — (OF LIVERPOOL, F.R.G.S, F.S.A, &C.) — WE INSCRIBE THESE PAGES AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR HIS COURAGE AND ENERGY IN OPENING AND WORKING THE GOLDEN LANDS OF WESTERN AFRICA
- 2.PREFACE. — RICHARD F. BURTON.
- 3.TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD.
- 4.CHAPTER I. — PRELIMINARY: TRIESTE TO LISBON.
- 5.CHAPTER II. — FROM LISBON TO MADEIRA.
- 6.CHAPTER III. — A FORTNIGHT AT MADEIRA.
- 7.CHAPTER IV. — MADEIRA ( continued )—CHRISTMAS—SMALL INDUSTRIES— — WINE—DEPARTURE FOR TENERIFE. — VESSELS ENTERED IN THE PORT FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31.
- 8.CHAPTER V. — TO TENERIFE, LA LAGUNA, AND OROTAVA.
- 9.CHAPTER VI. — THE ROUTINE ASCENT OF MOUNT ATLAS, THE 'PIKE' OF TENERIFE.
- 10.CHAPTER VII. — THE SPANISH ACCOUNT OF THE REPULSE OF NELSON FROM SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE. — 'SAML. HOOD.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. — TO GRAND CANARY—LAS PALMAS, THE CAPITAL.
- 12.CHAPTER IX. — THE COCHINEAL—THE 'GALLO'—CANARY 'SACK'—ADIEU TO THE CANARIES.
- 13.CHAPTER X. — THE RUINED RIVER-PORT AND THE TATTERED FLAG.
- 14.CHAPTER XI. — SIERRA LEONE: THE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. — END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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