Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee : With a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa Paperback / softback
by Thomas Edward Bowdich
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies series
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This work by Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791?–1824) describes the journey he made on behalf of the Royal African Company from Cape Coast Castle in West Africa into the territory of the Ashanti, a warlike tribe which had legendary resources of gold and which had been attacking European settlements along the Gold Coast.
The intention was to make a peace and trade treaty with the Ashanti, and also to learn more about their culture and customs.
Bowdich, not the original leader of the expedition, took control, and negotiated a treaty of mutual co-operation and trade.
He returned to Europe in 1818, publishing this fascinating account in 1819, but he felt that his own efforts, and his book, did not receive the rewards they merited.
He died on a second, scientific expedition to West Africa, leaving his widow, naturalist and artist Sarah (later Lee), to edit and publish his last work.
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- Pages:550 pages, 2 Printed music items; 10 Plates, color; 1 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/05/2014
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- ISBN:9781108072250
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:550 pages, 2 Printed music items; 10 Plates, color; 1 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/05/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108072250
