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Peacock, George, 1805-1883. The Guinea or Gold Coast of Africa

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Kirkpatrick reference: 1654

Description: 52 p., [2] folded leaves of plates: maps

Imprint: Exeter : William Pollard

Ownership notes: Autograph: R.F. Burton.Occasional ms. annotations by Burton. Visiting card of "Mr. G. Peacock" pasted on frontispiece. Clipping from an envelope with Burton's address care of "James Irvine Esqr. ... Liverpool" pasted on frontispiece. Presentation inscription: Captain Burton ... with Captain Peacock's respectful compliments.

Insertions: Two clippings [from the Liverpool Daily Press?] on gold mining in Africa at Axim pasted on t.p. verso. Leaf with an illustration of the "Great African python" tipped in on page 50.

Type
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Date
1880
Call number
635664
Creator
Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Burton, Richard Francis, (1821-1890.)
Burton, Isabel, (1831-1896.)
Heron-Allen, Edward, (1861-1943.)
Philo-Israel. (1815-1895.)
Clarke, Hyde, (1833-1869.)
Hunt, James, (1813-1870.)
Duval, Jules, (1837-1903.)
Edwards, Ernest, (1820-1887.)
Millar, Robert. (-1883.)
Ware, J. Redding (1795-1872.)
Bent, Silas, (1821-1910.)
Cooley, William Desborough, (1821-1910.)
Schneid, August. (1807-1887.)
Norris, Edwin, (1797-1872.)
'Abd allah ibn Muhammad, al-Shubrāwī. (1815-1885.)
Parmentier, (1823-1892.)
Parmentier, (1859-1939.)
Stenzler, Adolf Friedrich, (1814-1892.)
Adams, William Bridges, (1825-1892.)
Borelli, Gustavo. (1825-1892.)
Omar Khayyam. (1825-1892.)
Pincherle, James. (1842-1919.)
Pitts, John Linwood. (1851-1914.)
Baughan, Rosa. (1844-1894.)
Collyer, Robert H. (1842-1917.)
Cornish, Kenneth Henry. (1833 or 1834-1888.)
Dowie, James. (1831-1881.)
Dowie, James. (1844-1900.)
Georgii, A. (1844-1900.)
McGeary, James. (1812-1875.)
Turner, Dawson W. (1814-1881.)
Walker, Arthur de Noé. (1805-1883.)
Austin, Philip. (1841-1904.)
Renan, Ernest, (1818-1885.)
Singer, Isidore, (1838-1911.)
Freeland, Humphry William, (1826-1910.)
Goslin, Samuel B. (1815-1895.)
Haddan, J. L. (1753-1798.)
Lavigerie, Charles Martial Allemand, (1826-1886.)
Lavigerie, Charles Martial Allemand, (1842-1900.)
Lavigerie, Charles Martial Allemand, (1842-1900.)
Artin, Yacoub, (1842-1900.)
Jukes-Browne, A. J. (1829?-1891.)
Cameron, Verney Lovett, (active 19th century.)
Chaillé-Long, C. (1848-1924.)
Chesson, F. W. (1851-1930.)
Cole, Robert E. (1850-1913.)
Comboni, Daniele, (1813-1893.)
Cordeiro, Luciano, (1834-1896.)
Cordeiro, Luciano, (1804-1875.)
Dahse, Paulus. (1820-1901.)
Ferrand, Gabriel. (1831-1904.)
Findlay, Alexander George, (1807-1896.)
Haddan, J. L. (1823-1892.)
Lewis, Judson A. (1809-1898.)
Macdonnell, Richard Graves, (1833-1885.)
Peacock, George, (1810-1887.)
Perry, Harold Arthur. (1810-1887.)
Purdy, E. S. (1810-1887.)
Stanley, Henry M. (1810-1887.)
Vaux, W. S. W. (1804-1872.)
Verme, Luchino dal, (1813-1877.)
Wahed. (1798-1869.)
Wall, T. A.
Wild, G.
Blake, William P.
Clarke, Hyde,
Autenrieth, E. L.
Carega di Muricce, F.
Carega di Muricce, F.
Costa Batinga, Manoel José da.
Almeida, Francisco José de Lacerda e,
Pim, Bedford,
Abreu, G. de Vasconcellos
Elliot, Gilbert.
Cunha, J. Gerson da
Cunha, J. Gerson da
Cunha, J. Gerson da
Gillmore, Parker.
Hunter, F. M.
Imray, James F.
Kinloch, Arthur,
Landberg, Carlo,
Miers, Edward J.
Milne, John,
Sprenger, Aloys,
Treitschke, Heinrich von,
Wilson, John,
Alishan, Ghewond M.,
Amati, Amato,
Blake, C. Carter
Calori, Luigi,
Cassani, Angelo C.
Corner, Caroline.
Formiggini, S.
Freeman, Edward A.
Gladstone, W. E.
Gordon, Charles George,
Gozzadini, Giovanni,
Gozzadini, Giovanni,
Gozzadini, Giovanni,
Gozzadini, Giovanni,
Kandler, Pietro,
Kent, Thomas.
Longman, William,
Pitts, John Linwood.
Rieger, Giuseppe.
Rory-O'-the-Hills.
Schio, Giovanni da,
Associated organizations
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain).
Great Britain.
British National Association of Spiritualists.
Eastern Question Association.
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