The
Manners, &C. Of The People Are By No Means Overlooked.
INTERIOR OF AFRICA.
642. Travels in the inland parts of Africa, to which is added, Captain
Stubbs's Voyage up the Gambia, in 1723. By Francis Moore, 1758. 4to. - 1742.
8vo. - This is a valuable work, and introduces the reader to many parts and
tribes of Africa, which even yet are little known, partly drawn from the
accounts of an African prince who came to England. Of this information, and
that collected by Captain Stubbs, Moore, who was superintendant of the
African Company's establishments in the Gambia, availed himself in drawing
up this work.
Little additional information respecting the interior of Africa was
obtained, till the establishment of the African Association in 1788. It
is unnecessary to give an individual and particular character of the
works which were drawn up under their auspices; the persons they
employed, were, in many respects, in general admirably calculated for
the ardous enterprize, and certainly by their labours have added not a
little to our knowledge of the geography, manners, trade, &c. of this
part of Africa. But it is to be regretted, that they were not qualified
to investigate the natural history of the countries they visited,
especially as these must be extremely rich in all the departments of
this branch of science. To these preliminary observations and general
character, we add the titles of the principal travels undertaken under
the auspices of the African Association.
643. African Association, their Proceedings for prosecuting the discovery
of the interior parts of Africa, containing the Journals of Ledyard, Lucas,
Houghton, Horneman, Nicholls, &c. 1810.
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