LANDER, RICHARD & LANDER, JOHN: - Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; with a Narrative of a Voyage down that River to its Termination. Three volumes. London, John Murray, 1833.

. Small 8vo. Pp. lxiv, 272; viii, 321; viii, 354. Half titles missing. With two maps (one large folding), seven engraved plates and some textual illustrations. Contemporary calf, rebacked to style, with title labels, lightly rubbed. Two old photographs pasted in at the beginning of volume two and three.Second edition (first 1832). Richard Lander, the only survivor of the Clapperton expedition, together with his younger brother John undertook a mission in 1830 to explore the course and termination of the Niger River. They travelled from Cape Coast Castle to Acra, Bogâdry, Boussa (Bussa), and further to Yaoorie. Returning to Boussa, they began their descent of the river in canoes, and after some mishaps they eventually reached the mouth of the Niger. Richard was awarded a gold medal upon his return. Cf Gay 2777. Howgego pp. 341-2 (L10).

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