Excerpt from A Journal, Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig. Commerce, of Hartford, (Con.) James Riley, Master, Upon the Western Coast of Africa, August 28th, 1815: Also of the Slavery and Sufferings of the Author and the Rest of the Crew, Upon the Desert of Zahara, in the Years 1815, 1816, 1817; With Accounts of the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the Wandering Arabs The Map attached to this volume is added to illustrate the subject of it. It was not made to aid the geographer, but to assist the reader in ...
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Excerpt from A Journal, Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig. Commerce, of Hartford, (Con.) James Riley, Master, Upon the Western Coast of Africa, August 28th, 1815: Also of the Slavery and Sufferings of the Author and the Rest of the Crew, Upon the Desert of Zahara, in the Years 1815, 1816, 1817; With Accounts of the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the Wandering Arabs The Map attached to this volume is added to illustrate the subject of it. It was not made to aid the geographer, but to assist the reader in tracing the eccentric course the author was compelled to travel with his Arab mastf'ers The Western coast of flfrzca and the Desert (gf Zahara are represented with as much accuracy as was attainable from the observations of the author and from the most approved maps. The gene ral situation of the different tribes is laid down upon the map, although their frequent wander ings almost precludes the idea of gi Slowing to them. The great station for car sis de Signated, although there may be known to the author. If errors should be de tected in the map, by the acute examiner, the author can only say, to err 23 human, to forgive dimme.to the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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