Research Catalog

Title

Excursions in western Africa : and narrative of a campaign in Kaffir-land, on the staff of the commander-in-chief / by Sir James Edward Alexander, K.L.S. lieutenant-colonel in the Portuguese, and captain in the British service, F.R.G.S., R.A.S., &c. ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Author

Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803-1885.

Publication

London : Henry Colburn, publisher, Great Marlborough Street, 1840.

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Additional Authors

• Colburn, Henry, -1855
• Maurice & Co., printer.

Description

2 v. : ill., port., maps, music; 23 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

Narrative of a voyage of observation among the colonies of Western Africa, &c.

Subjects

• South Africa > Description and travel
• Africa, West > Description and travel
• South Africa > History > Frontier Wars, 1811-1878

Note

• "London: Maurice, Clark, and Co., Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-street."--printer statement, verso of title page in both volume; varies slightly in colophon of v. 1: "Printed by Maurice and Co. Fenchurch Street" and colophon of v. 2: "Maurice and Co., Fenchurch-street."
• Vol. 2 has a half-title page: Narrative of a voyage of observation among the colonies of Western Africa, &c.
• Vol. 1: xii, [1], xvi-xxii, [4], 428 p., [13] leaves of plates; v. 2: xi, [1], 352, [4] p., [7] leaves of plates.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 916-A (Alexander, J. E. Excursions in western Africa)

LCCN

05008310

OCLC

• 6697357
• 6697357
• NYPGR6697357-B

Author

Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803-1885.

Title

Excursions in western Africa : and narrative of a campaign in Kaffir-land, on the staff of the commander-in-chief / by Sir James Edward Alexander, K.L.S. lieutenant-colonel in the Portuguese, and captain in the British service, F.R.G.S., R.A.S., &c. ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Imprint

London : Henry Colburn, publisher, Great Marlborough Street, 1840.

Edition

Second edition.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 916-A (accession nos. B526902-B526903) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Colburn, Henry, -1855, publisher.

Maurice & Co., printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 916-A (Alexander, J. E. Excursions in western Africa)