A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome 2 Volume Set - Richard Francis Burton

A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome 2 Volume Set

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830 Seiten
2011
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-03033-5 (ISBN)
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Sent on a diplomatic mission to convince the king of Dahomey (present-day Benin) to put a stop to the slave trade, British explorer Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890) recounts his experience in this two-volume work, published in 1864.
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.

Volume 1: Preface; 1. I fall in love with Fernando Po; 2. I do not become 'fast friends' with Lagos; 3. We enter Whydah in state; 4. A walk round Whydah; 5. From Whydah to Alladâ, the half-way house; 6. From Alladâ to Agrime; 7. Small reception at Agrime, and arrival at Kana, the King's country quarters; 8. The procession; 9. The reception; 10. The march to Agbome; 11. The King enters his capital; 12. The presents are delivered; 13. Of the grand customs and the annual customs generally; 14. The King's 'So-sin custom'. Volume 2: 14 continued. The King's 'So-sin custom'; 15. Of the so-called Amazons and the Dahoman army; 16. Addo-kpon, the Bush King's So-sin customs; 17. Of the Dahoman religion; 18. The Sin-Kwain, or water-sprinkling custom; 19. Of 'The negro's place in nature'; 20. The Y of triumph; 21. Dahome and her capital; 22. The firing to Whydah, and conclusion of the customs; 23. The delivery of the message; 24. Return to the seaboard; Conclusion; Appendices.

Reihe/Serie Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
Zusatzinfo 2 Plates, black and white
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 250 x 324 mm
Gewicht 1300 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Afrika
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-108-03033-5 / 1108030335
ISBN-13 978-1-108-03033-5 / 9781108030335
Zustand Neuware
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