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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2011
Print publication year:
2011
First published in:
1876
Online ISBN:
9781139035095
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139035095
Subjects:
Social and Population History, Area Studies, African Studies, Historical Geography, History, African History
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
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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'. First published in 1876, the second volume recounts a journey made from Fernando Po to Loango Bay and up the Congo River. Of particular interest is the penultimate chapter, 'The slaver and the missionary in the Congo River', in which Burton expresses his ambivalence towards a European presence in Africa. Volume 2 also includes appendices containing geographical observations.

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