Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee (Registro nro. 118095)
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| LC control number | 05014610 |
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bowdich, T. Edward |
| Fuller form of name | (Thomas Edward), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1824 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-12-01 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Smithsonian Libraries) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee" by T. Edward Bowdich is a historical travel account written in the early 19th century. It chronicles a British embassy from the Gold Coast into the Ashanti kingdom, combining a vivid journey narrative with political aims, geographical observation, and an extensive survey of Ashanti society. The focus is on establishing relations, trade, and safe routes while documenting customs, governance, and material culture encountered en route to the capital, Coomassie.<br/><br/>The opening of the account sets out the author’s duty to publish the results of an exploratory mission and outlines the work’s scope: a narrative of the journey followed by a “statistical account” of Ashantee and geographical notes. It sketches prior European knowledge of Ashanti, the recent Ashanti invasions of Fantee, and the British Committee’s instructions to seek friendship, trade, a resident at the capital, and an open road. The narrative then follows the party’s arduous overland march from Cape Coast through sparsely populated, rain-soaked forest and Assin towns toward Coomassie, noting villages, rivers, bearings, and latitudes. Upon arrival, they witness an overwhelming, ceremonial reception of warriors, captains, and regalia—and the brutality of a sacrifice—before being lodged. The first diplomatic meetings start well with the presentation of gifts, but a crisis erupts when the Ashanti king claims the “books” (payments once given to Fantee chiefs) by right of conquest; as the leader falters, Bowdich intervenes, pledging to remain, write to the Governor, and settle palavers, which restores the king’s confidence and keeps the mission alive. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: John Murray, 1819 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Africa, West -- Description and travel |
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| Uncontrolled term | Ghana |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Leach, William Elford, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1790-1836 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/MissionfromCape00BowdA">https://archive.org/details/MissionfromCape00BowdA</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77375">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77375</a> |
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