West African Explorers (The World's Classics, No. 523)

ix, 598 pp. CONTENTS: Preface by C. Howard and J. H. Plumb; Introduction by J. H. Plumb; Sources; Part I. The Forerunners, 1600-1788: Richard Jobson - William Bosman; Part II. The African Association and Niger Problm, 1788-1820: Mungo Park - Frederick Horneman; Part III. The Niger Discovered: Major Dixon Denham - Captain Hugh Clapperton - Richard Lander - Rene Caillie; Part IV. Attempts at Exploitation and Settlement: Macgregor Laird and R. A. K. Oldfield - Richard F. Burton - The Expedition of Captain H. D. Trotter - William Balfour Baikie - Dr. Henry Barth; Part V. The Scramble for West Africa, 1880-1914.