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; the power, disposition and characters of some negro princes; with a particular account of Job Ben SolomonTo which is added, CaptStibbs's voyage up the Gambia in the year 1723, to make discoveries; with an accurate map of that river taken on the spot: and many other copper platesAlso extracts from the Nubian's geography, Leo the African, and other authors antient and modern, conc

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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; the power, disposition and characters of some negro princes; with a particular account of Job Ben SolomonTo which is added, CaptStibbs's voyage up the Gambia in the year 1723, to make discoveries; with an accurate map of that river taken on the spot: and many other copper platesAlso extracts from the Nubian's geography, Leo the African, and other authors antient and modern, concerning the Niger, Nile, or Gambia, and observations thereon . JOUR-. JOURNAL O F A VOYAGE up the Gambia. B E I N G A N Attempt for making Discoveries, and improving the Trade of thatRiver, by MefT. Bartholomew SttbbsyEdward Drummond^ and Richard HuUyin the Year 1723, N the 7th of 05loher, 1723. I 1723.arrived at the Mouth of the 05iober.River Gambia with the AfricanCompany of England*^ iihipDifpatch^ having proper Inllruc-tions for proceeding up the faidRiver with Canoas as far as pofiible, in quefl:of the Gold Mines, and making other Difco-veries in this Country. At Noon I anchordat Ja?nes IJIand, faluting the Fort with 5 Guns, and then went afhore ; where, to my greatSurprize, I found that Mr Glynn the Gover-nor had been dead near fix Months, and was fuc-