To the Gold Coast for Gold, A Personal Narrative
by Richard F. Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron
In Two Volumes–Vol. I.
TO OUR EXCELLENT FRIEND
JAMES IRVINE
(OF LIVERPOOL, F.R.G.S, F.S.A, &C.)
WE INSCRIBE THESE PAGES AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR HIS COURAGE AND ENERGY IN OPENING AND WORKING THE GOLDEN LANDS OF WESTERN AFRICA
’Much have I travelled in the realms of gold’
Shakespeare