Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa
Publisher: Ayer Co Pub
Published: June 1985
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780405189746
First sentence: Soon after my return from the East Indies in 1793, having learnt that the Noblemen and Gentlemen, associated for the purpose of prosecuting Discoveries in the Interior of Africa, were desirous of engaging a person to explore that continent, by the way of the Gambia river, I took occasion, through means of the President of the Royal Society, to whom I had the honour to be known, of offering myself for that service.