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A geographical survey of Africa
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The owner of West Indian plantations, McQueen collected extensive information from slaves which led him correctly to the conclusion that the Niger ended in the great delta of the Blight of Benin. First published in 1840.
| כותר |
A geographical survey of Africa : its rivers, lakes, mountains, productions, states, populations, &c. with a map of an entirely new construction, to which is prefixed a letter to Lord John Russell regarding the slave trade and the improvement of Africa / by James M'Queen. |
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| מהדורה |
1st ed. |
| מוציא לאור |
London New York : Routledge |
| שנה |
2013 |
| הערות |
First published 1840 by Frank Cass and Company Limited. English |
| הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Cover Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Table of Contents Letter to Lord John Russell GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF AFRICA General View of Africa, Population and States Great Desert, nature, extent, miseries in crossing it Arabian Divisions of Africa Guinea-the Pepper and Ivory Coasts Ashantee, or Western Wangara-States, Rivers, Mountains, Manners, Customs, Wars, Slavery Human Sacrifices-Bloody Fetisch rites, &c Western division of Africa, Countries, Rivers, Rokelle, Rio Nunez, Rio Grande, Gambia, Senegal, &c. &c The Niger, or Joliba, and its early tributaries, the Tankisso, Sarano,the Bagoe, the Kowara Ba, Ba Nimma, &c. &cButter Tree, Colat-Nut Tree, Jinne, Massina, &c. &c Course of the Niger below Jinne, Lake Dibbie-Jinbala-the Gozen Zair, the MoosiacaBa, &c. &c La Mar Zarah River, Cabra, Timbuctoo, small rivers, &c The Niger below Timbuctoo-Ghou, Haoussa, Yaoori, States betwixt the Niger and the Kong Mountains, Population, Lake?, Rivers Boussa, Park's death, &c. &c The Niger below Boussa, the Oli, the Moussa, Wawa Nikky, Rakkah, Rabbah, &c The Country from Badagry to Katungah Delta of the Niger Rio de Formosa, the Calabar, Old Calabar, Bonny, Cameroons, High land of Cameroons, &c. &c The Lower Niger and the Shadda, &c. &c Yacoba, Adamowa, Kornorfa, Biafra, &c Rivers and Countries eastward from Boussa to Bornou, Mayyarrow, Coodonia, Quarrama, &c. &c Kashna, Ghana, Oongaroo, Meczara, Lamlam, Agadez, the Yeou, Old Birnie, Gambarou, &c Bornou, Kouka, Lander and Clapperton's Itineraries The River Shary and its tributaries Country from Mourzook to Bornou the Tibboos, Bilma or Domboo, Kowar, Kanem, &c Lake Shad, or Zad, Bagherme, Bahr el Gazelle, Wajunga, the Gir, the Asoo, Caugha, Kuku, Lake Fittre, &cRunza, Dar Saley or Waday, Darfur, Kordofan, Zagawa, Nubia The Bahr el Abiad, Shilluk, Denke, or Donga, the Bahr el Azreek, Abyssinia, Angot, Gondar, &c. &c African Rivers which flow to the south, Shoa and Effat, Tadjoura,Zeilah, River Hawash, Ancober Berbera-Eastern Horn of Africa, &c. &c Magdosha, the Zebbee, Narea, Gingiro, &c Jaba, the Quillimancy, Limmou, the Habahia and its tributaries The Zaire or Congo, Cataracts, &c The Coanza, the Cuanene, Mattemba, Cassange, Meropooa, the Fish RiverThe Eastern Coast of Africa, the Zambeze and Senna, Tatta, Zanzibar, Quiloa, Population of South Africa, Lakes in Southern Africa Concluding remarks Construction of the Map APPENDIX Distances of Places from each other in Africa Park's Journeys Time and Distances stated |
| סדרה |
Cass library of African studies. Travels and narratives A geographical survey of Africa |
| היקף החומר |
1 online resource (432 p.) |
| שפה |
אנגלית |
| מספר מערכת |
997011504710005171 |
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