Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee: With a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa

Thomas Edward Bowdich

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107444621

This work by Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791?–1824) describes the journey he made on behalf of the Royal African Company from Cape Coast Castle in West Africa into the territory of the Ashanti, a warlike tribe which had legendary resources of gold and which had been attacking European settlements along the Gold Coast. The intention was to make a peace and trade treaty with the Ashanti, and also to learn more about their culture and customs. Bowdich, not the original leader of the expedition, took control, and negotiated a treaty of mutual co-operation and trade. He returned to Europe in 1818, publishing this fascinating account in 1819, but he felt that his own efforts, and his book, did not receive the rewards they merited. He died on a second, scientific expedition to West Africa, leaving his widow, naturalist and artist Sarah (later Lee), to edit and publish his last work.

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No. II - Translations of an Arabic MS. Descriptive of Mr. Park's Death
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No. III - Arabic Routes
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No. IV - Dr. Leach's Notice of Reptiles, Insects, &c
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Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee

With a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa

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No. II - Translations of an Arabic MS. Descriptive of Mr. Park's Death
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No. III - Arabic Routes
pp 482-492

No. IV - Dr. Leach's Notice of Reptiles, Insects, &c
pp 493-496

No. V - Thermometer Account
pp 497-502

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pp 503-512

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No. II - Translations of an Arabic MS. Descriptive of Mr. Park's Death pp 478-481

No. III - Arabic Routes pp 482-492

No. IV - Dr. Leach's Notice of Reptiles, Insects, &c pp 493-496

No. V - Thermometer Account pp 497-502

No. VI - Vocabularies pp 503-512

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No. II - Translations of an Arabic MS. Descriptive of Mr. Park's Death
pp 478-481

No. III - Arabic Routes
pp 482-492

No. IV - Dr. Leach's Notice of Reptiles, Insects, &c
pp 493-496

No. V - Thermometer Account
pp 497-502

No. VI - Vocabularies
pp 503-512