Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823 and 1824, 1st edition, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map and 36 engraved maps and plates (one hand-coloured), some light spotting and offsetting, a few small library blindstamps, bookplate, modern calf, spine with black label and gilt decoration, 4to Lowndes I, page 629. Oudney and Clapperton set out from Tripoli in 1822 to discover the course of the Niger, later joined by Denham, whose "arrogance, malice and contempt for his colleagues from the start soured relations between them" (ODNB). They reached as far south as Lake Chad and Kuka (later Kukwa), captital of Bornu. (1)
Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823 and 1824, 1st edition, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map and 36 engraved maps and plates (one hand-coloured), some light spotting and offsetting, a few small library blindstamps, bookplate, modern calf, spine with black label and gilt decoration, 4to Lowndes I, page 629. Oudney and Clapperton set out from Tripoli in 1822 to discover the course of the Niger, later joined by Denham, whose "arrogance, malice and contempt for his colleagues from the start soured relations between them" (ODNB). They reached as far south as Lake Chad and Kuka (later Kukwa), captital of Bornu. (1)
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