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MOORE, Francis (d. 1746?). Travels into the Inland
MOORE, Francis (d. 1746?). Travels into the Inland
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MOORE, Francis (d. 1756?). Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa: containing a Description of the Several Nations for the space of Six Hundred Miles up the River Gambia: their Trade, Habits, Customs, Language, Manners, Religion and Government. London: Edward Cave for the Author, 1738.

8vo (189 x 115 mm). Engraved folding map (old repairs to folds on verso, a little soiled), 11 engraved plates (one folding). (Some minor toning.) Early 19th-century continental tan quarter calf, patterned boards.

FIRST EDITION of "the most comprehensive account of west African geography yet to appear in English which... remained the most authoritative source until the publication of Mungo Park's Travels in 1799 [see lot 448]" (DNB). Moore's work includes an extract from Leo Africanus's geography newly translated by Moore from the Italian (see lot 118), as well as an anonymous account of an expedition up the Gambia in 1660. ESTC T131766; Joucla, p. 180.


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MOORE, Francis (d. 1746?). Travels into the Inland

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