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Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar: Performed in Hm Ships Leven and Barracouta

Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar: Performed in Hm Ships Leven and Barracouta

Owen, William Fitzwilliam
Robinson, Heaton Bowstead

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African HistoryAfrica

ISBN10: 1108050638
ISBN13: 9781108050630
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 28 2012
Pages: 472
Weight: 1.31
Height: 1.05 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
William Fitzwilliam Owen (1774-1857) was a British naval officer. Between 1821 and 1826 he commanded an expedition to Africa, Arabia and Madagascar with the Royal Navy ships Leven and Barracouta, during which he mapped some 30,000 miles of coastline. His memoirs of the voyage are presented in this two-volume account, first published in 1833. Volume 1 begins by presenting Owen's instructions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Hydrographical Office, on which the editor comments that Owen was not given the power to take account of seasonal climate changes. Through Owen's recollections we learn that this proved fatal, as many of his crew succumbed to tropical diseases. Providing a vivid account of African exploration in the nineteenth century, Owen also documents his encounters with native peoples and wildlife. His writings remain of great interest to geographers, historians and anthropologists.

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