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Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824Denham, Dixon

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Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824

Name: Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824
Author: Denham, Dixon

Denham, Dixon

Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Africa, North -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Africa, North

[Illustration: Drawn by Major Denham.

Engraved by E. Finden.

ALAMEEN-BEN MOHAMMED EL KANEMY.

SHEIKH OF BORNOU.

_Published by John Murray, London. Feb. 1826._]


                              =NARRATIVE=
                                  OF
                       =TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES=
                                  IN
                    =NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA,=
                  IN THE YEARS 1822, 1823, AND 1824,
             BY MAJOR DENHAM, CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON, AND THE
                          LATE DOCTOR OUDNEY,
                         EXTENDING ACROSS THE
    GREAT DESERT TO THE TENTH DEGREE OF NORTHERN LATITUDE, AND FROM
   KOUKA IN BORNOU, TO SACKATOO, THE CAPITAL OF THE FELLATAH EMPIRE.

                                 WITH
                            =AN APPENDIX,=
 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL BATHURST, ONE OF
    HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE, AND DEDICATED BY
                      PERMISSION TO HIS LORDSHIP,

                        BY MAJOR DIXON DENHAM,
                OF HIS MAJESTY’S 17TH REGIMENT OF FOOT,
                                  AND
                       CAPTAIN HUGH CLAPPERTON,
                          OF THE ROYAL NAVY,
                   THE SURVIVORS OF THE EXPEDITION.

                               * * * * *

                                LONDON:
                    JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
                               * * * * *
                              MDCCCXXVI.


                                LONDON:
                PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.


                                  TO
                         THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
                        THE EARL BATHURST, K.G.
     HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,
                             THIS VOLUME,
                              CONTAINING
                    AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR DISCOVERIES
               MADE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIS LORDSHIP,
                             IS INSCRIBED,
               WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE,
                          BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS,
                                                        THE AUTHORS.




                               =PREFACE.=

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Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824

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