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Sir Richard Francis Burton
To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I

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To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I

by Sir Richard Francis Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron

EN·~8 hours·14 chapters

Chapters

14 total

1

TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD - A Personal Narrative - By Richard F. Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron - In Two Volumes—Vol. I.

1:09

2

PREFACE.

7:33

3

TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD.

0:01

4

CHAPTER I. — PRELIMINARY: TRIESTE TO LISBON.

28:58

5

CHAPTER II. — FROM LISBON TO MADEIRA.

43:41

6

CHAPTER III. — A FORTNIGHT AT MADEIRA.

45:16

7

CHAPTER IV. — MADEIRA (continued)—CHRISTMAS—SMALL INDUSTRIES— - WINE—DEPARTURE FOR TENERIFE.

37:41

8

CHAPTER V. — TO TENERIFE, LA LAGUNA, AND OROTAVA.

51:18

9

CHAPTER VI. — THE ROUTINE ASCENT OF MOUNT ATLAS, THE 'PIKE' OF TENERIFE.

41:28

10

CHAPTER VII. — THE SPANISH ACCOUNT OF THE REPULSE OF NELSON FROM SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE.

1:01:20

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Travel Writing

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Details

Language

en

Duration

~8 hours (500K characters)

Release date

2005-09-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8821

Subjects

Gold mines and mining -- Ghana Ghana -- Description and travel DT

About the authors

Sir Richard Francis Burton

1821–1890

Restless, brilliant, and often controversial, this Victorian adventurer turned a life of extreme travel into books that still feel bold and unpredictable. He is best known for exploring widely across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and for bringing major translated works such as the Arabian Nights to English-language readers.

Verney Lovett Cameron

1844–1894

A Royal Navy officer turned explorer, he became one of the first Europeans to cross equatorial Africa from east to west. His travels, books, and outspoken criticism of the slave trade made him a well-known Victorian figure.