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Title: "Narrative of an Expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R.N : To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; some general observations on the country and its inhabitants; and an appendix: containing the natural history of that part of the kingdom of Congo through which the Zaire flows. (Observations on Professor C. Smith’s collection of plants from the vicinity of the river Congo, by R. Brown.) [Edited by Sir J. Barrow.]"
Author(s): Tuckey, James Hingston, 1776-1816 [person] ; Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848 [person]
British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 982.i.10"
Page: 102 (scanned page number – not necessarily the actual page number in the publication)
Place of publication: London (England)
Date of publication: 1818
Publisher: John Murray
Type of resource: Monograph
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Physical description: 8, lxxxii, 498, 2 pages, xiv leaves of plates (1 folded), illustrations, maps (4°)
Literary form: Not fi
Topics: Scientific expeditions–Zaire ; Congo River–Description and travel ; Tuckey, James Hingston, 1776-1816 ; Congo (Democratic Republic)–Description and travel ; Kongo language
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