Manière de voyager en Afrique
"Ways of Traveling in Africa" (caption translation). This image shows British dignitaries being carried on litters with an African in the lead carrying a British flag. William Hutton was a British writer and artist who served briefly in the British foreign service in the Voltaic region. In January 1820, Hutton was part of a British envoy that received Adum, the nephew of the Asantehene (king), at Cape Coast.
Image Title
Manière de voyager en Afrique
RegID
SI-OB-659
Date
1820
Title
Manière de voyager en Afrique
Source
William Hutton, Nouveau voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique, ou, Relation de l'ambassade anglaise envoyèe en 1820, au royaume d'Ashantèe (Paris, 1823), facing title page. Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.
Language
French
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic
Reproduced In
William Hutton, Nouveau voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique, ou, Relation de l'ambassade anglaise envoyèe en 1820, au royaume d'Ashantèe (Paris, 1823), facing title page.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
18-Jan-11
Identifier
Hutton04