Thomas Edward Bowdich (1790 - 10 January 1824) was an English traveller and author. 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... A traveller (American English traveler) is a person or an object travelling between two or more locations. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ...

He was born at Bristol. In 1814, through his uncle, J. Hope-Smith, governor of the British Gold Coast settlements, he obtained a writership in the service of the African Company of Merchants and was sent to Cape Coast. In 1817 he was sent, with two companions, to Kumasi on a mission to the king of Ashanti, and chiefly through his skilful diplomacy the mission succeeded in its object of securing British control over the coast natives. In 1818 Bowdich returned to England, and in 1819 published an account of his mission and of the study he had made of the barbaric court of Kumasi, entitled Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, &c. (London, 1819). His African collections he presented to the British Museum. Bowdich publicly attacked the management of the African committee, and his strictures were instrumental in leading the British government to assume direct control over the Gold Coast. Bristol is a port city in south-western England, on the River Avon. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article resolves the various uses of the name Gold Coast. ... Cape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is the capital of the Central Region of Ghana, located by the Gulf of Guinea. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Kumasi is the capital city of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. ... The Ashanti (cf Asante) are a major ethnic group from Africa. ... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum is one of the worlds largest and most important museums of ancient history. ...

From 1820 to 1822 Bowdich lived in Paris, studying mathematics and the natural sciences, and was on intimate terms with Georges Cuvier, Humboldt and other savants. During his stay in France he edited several works on Africa, and also wrote scientific works. In 1822, accompanied by his wife, he went to Lisbon, where, from a study of historic MSS., he published An Account of the Discoveries of the Portuguese in . . . Angola and Mozambique (London, 1824). In 1823 Bowdich and his wife, after some months spent in Madeira and Cape Verde Islands, arrived at Bathurst at the mouth of the Gambia, intending to go to Sierra Leone and thence explore the interior. But at Bathurst Bowdich died on January 10, 1824. 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Georges Cuvier Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier (August 23, 1769 - May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist, He was born at Montbéliard (then Mömpelgard in Württemberg) under the name of Johann Leopold Nicolaus Friedrich Kuefer, and was the son of a retired officer... Humboldt can refer to: Alexander von Humboldt, a German natural scientist Wilhelm von Humboldt (his brother), a linguist, philosopher, and diplomat Or any of the many things named for them: Named for Alexander von Humboldt Places in California, U.S. Humboldt Bay in California Humboldt County, California Humboldt Hill Humboldt... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Lisbon (in Portuguese, Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses of the word, see Madeira (disambiguation) Madeira Islands location. ... Bathurst can refer to several cities in English-speaking countries: Bathurst, New Brunswick (Canada) Bathurst, New South Wales (Australia) Bathurst, South Africa, near Grahamstown on the eastern cape. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

His widow published an account of his last journey, entitled Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo . . . to which is added A Narrative of the Continuance of the Voyage to its Completion, &c (London, 1825). Bowdich's daughter, Mrs Hutchinson Hale, republished in 1873, with an introductory preface, her father's Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee. 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...