Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar: Performed in Hm Ships Leven and Barracouta (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108050647)

William Fitzwilliam Owen (1774-1857) was a British naval officer. Between 1821 and 1826 he commanded an expedition to Africa, Arabia and Madagascar with the Royal Navy ships Leven and Barracouta, during which he mapped some 30,000 miles of coastline. His memoirs of the voyage are presented in this two-volume account, first published in 1833. Volume 2 continues to describe the rituals of the native peoples whom Owen's crew encountered - and who were at times hostile - and the tragic deaths on board the ships from tropical diseases, which with better planning might have been avoided. The volume also covers the lives of colonists and missionaries, the slave trade, and the spread of European influence across Africa and its neighbouring lands. Providing a vivid account of African exploration in the nineteenth century, Owen's writings remain of great interest to geographers, historians and anthropologists.

Author: William Fitzwilliam Owen
ISBN-10: 1108050646
ISBN-13: 9781108050647
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2012
Pages: 444
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.99d