Narrative of an Exploring Voyage Up the Rivers Kwóra and Bínue: (commonly Known as the Niger and Tsádda) in 1854. With a Map and Appendices. Pub. with the Sanction of Her Majesty's Government. By William Balfour Baikie |
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... Fernando Po - New arrangements - Mr . May - Arrival of the " Pleiad " -Dr . Bleek - Preparations . • 7-30 CHAPTER III . THE LAUNCH OF THE EXPEDITION . Leave Clarence - Nun Mouth - Sea on the bar - Repairs - Alburkah Islands Mangroves ...
... Fernando Po - New arrangements - Mr . May - Arrival of the " Pleiad " -Dr . Bleek - Preparations . • 7-30 CHAPTER III . THE LAUNCH OF THE EXPEDITION . Leave Clarence - Nun Mouth - Sea on the bar - Repairs - Alburkah Islands Mangroves ...
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... FERNANDO PO . Palm Point - No breakers - Crossing the Bar - Three passages - Meet a schooner - First news - Round Cape Bullen - Fire a salute - Hear of the Battle of Alma - Krúboys ' rejoicings - Leave the " Pleiad " - King Peppel ...
... FERNANDO PO . Palm Point - No breakers - Crossing the Bar - Three passages - Meet a schooner - First news - Round Cape Bullen - Fire a salute - Hear of the Battle of Alma - Krúboys ' rejoicings - Leave the " Pleiad " - King Peppel ...
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... Fernando Po , where the officers appointed by government should join . The peculiar features of this expedition were , first , the employment of as few white men as possible ; secondly , entering and ascending the river with the rising ...
... Fernando Po , where the officers appointed by government should join . The peculiar features of this expedition were , first , the employment of as few white men as possible ; secondly , entering and ascending the river with the rising ...
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... Fernando Po about the same time . Our next place of call was at Monrovia , the capital of the Liberian republic ; but here , as our stay did not exceed a few hours , and there was a very heavy sea on the bar , I did not land . I was not ...
... Fernando Po about the same time . Our next place of call was at Monrovia , the capital of the Liberian republic ; but here , as our stay did not exceed a few hours , and there was a very heavy sea on the bar , I did not land . I was not ...
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... Fernando Po ; his berth was secured , and all other preparations made , but unfortunately it was too late ; his once iron frame sunk under the combined inroads of climate and of disease , and he yielded up the vital spark in the land of ...
... Fernando Po ; his berth was secured , and all other preparations made , but unfortunately it was too late ; his once iron frame sunk under the combined inroads of climate and of disease , and he yielded up the vital spark in the land of ...
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A'boko's Abó African afternoon Alihéli anchored Andony appearance ashore Attá Badagry bank Bássa Beecroft Bínue boat Bonny Bornú brass called Cameroon canoes chief chiefly coast Confluence cowries creek Crowther dialect Djúku Dóma eastward expedition Fcap feet Fernando Fernando Po Formoso Fulátas gave ground Gúrowa Hamarúwa Hausa Hutchinson huts I'gbira I'gbo Iddá Igára Igbégbe Igbo inhabitants Island Isuáma ivory journey Kalabár Keána King Korórofa Krú Krúmen Kwóra Lagos landed language look Macgregor Laird mark meridian altitude miles Mítshi morning named natives nearly night numerous Núpe o'clock O'jogo observations Orú palm-oil Pánda Páro party passed Pleiad Post 8vo present preter Púlo reached river Second Edition sent ship shore side Sierra Leone slaves steam supercargo Third Edition told town trade trees tribes Tshúkuma village Vols voyage wood Woodcuts Wukári yams Yoruba Zhibú Zúri
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