Discovery of River Gambra (1623), Hakluyt Society Series III, Vol. 2 by Jobson, Richard - 1999

Hakluyt Society, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hakluyt Society, 1999-09-16. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.4173 10.2362 7.5591.

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Hakluyt Society, 1999-09-16. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x1. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small stain to top edge (does not affect text). Clean, unmarked pages.

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London: The Hakluyt Society, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Series III, Volume 2. 341pp. Illustrated. Edited by David P. Gamble and P.E.H. Hair. Fine in a spine faded near fine dustwrapper.

London: Hakluyt Society, 1999. Hardcover. As New/As New. dj. Third Series, No. 2.

xvi+341 pages with 2 colour plates including frontispiece, 13 half tone plates and illustrations, 8 line drawings, 3 maps, bibliography and index. Small quarto (10" x 7") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial sailing ship to front cover. Edited by David P Gamble and P E H Hair. Third Series, volume 2. First edition.
In 1623 Richard Jobson published an account of a 1620-1621 English voyage up River Gambia, during which a party, led by himself, penetrated to a point some 460 miles up river. The purpose of the voyage was to make contact with the gold trade of the West African interior, but in this there was little success. However, Jobson's account of the river, its commerce, natural history, peoples, religions, and politics, was the earliest to appear in print, in this fullness of detail, in any language. it was also the earliest detailed account of any part of Black Africa, by an Englishman. Although, in contemporary English, a probing of access to a new trade might be… Read More

London: The Hakluyt Society. Near Fine. Hardback. 1999. A volume of three writings by Richard Jobson: "The Golden Triangl e or a discovery of the River Gambra"; "The discovery of Gambra i n the Sion"; "Discovery of the Country of King Solomon"; and extr acts from other early sources. .

Hakluyt Society. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0904180646 . 1623; 10.2 X 7.6 X 1.4 inches; 368 pages .