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A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Richard Francis Burton
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - African Studies
Series part Volume No. Volume 1
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:406
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreAfrican history
Classic travel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9781108030311
ClassificationsDewey:916.683
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 1 Plates, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 18 April 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. He spent part of his career as British consul in Fernando Po (present-day Equatorial Guinea) in West Africa, and used this as an opportunity to explore the region. In 1861, he was sent on a mission, recounted in this two-volume work of 1864, to Dahomey (present-day Benin) to urge the king to put a stop to the local slave trade. In Volume 1 Burton tells of his voyage along the West African coast and arrival in Dahomey, where he is presented to the king.