Front matter
Reading edition
Drawn by Major Denham. Engraved by E. Finden. ALAMEEN-BEN MOHAMMED EL KANEMY. SHEIKH OF BORNOU. Published by John Murray, London. Feb. 1826.
NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA, IN THE YEARS 1822, 1823, AND 1824,
BY MAJOR DENHAM, CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON, AND THE LATE DOCTOR OUDNEY,
EXTENDING ACROSS THE
GREAT DESERT TO THE TENTH DEGREE OF NORTHERN LATITUDE, AND FROM KOUKA IN BORNOU, TO SACKATOO, THE CAPITAL OF THE FELLATAH EMPIRE.
WITH
AN APPENDIX,
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL BATHURST, ONE OF HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE, AND DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HIS LORDSHIP,
BY MAJOR DIXON DENHAM, OF HIS MAJESTY’S 17TH REGIMENT OF FOOT, AND CAPTAIN HUGH CLAPPERTON, OF THE ROYAL NAVY, THE SURVIVORS OF THE EXPEDITION.
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
MDCCCXXVI.
LONDON: PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL BATHURST, K.G. HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, THIS VOLUME, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR DISCOVERIES MADE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIS LORDSHIP, IS INSCRIBED, WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS,
THE AUTHORS.