The Discovery of River Gambia (1623).

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1999. Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. Dustjacket. (xvi, 342pp.). With col. frontisp., 23 illusts some full-page and 3 maps. 1st edition. Previous owner's sign. and stamp on front fly-leaf and stamp on rear endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. (Hakluyt Society Series III, Vol. 2). NOTE: One of the earliest accounts of the river and its natural and cultural history by an Englishman.