Author: Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of AfricaPublisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa
Author: Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of AfricaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa
Author: Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of AfricaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa
Author: Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of AfricaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Catalogue of the Periodical Publications in the Library of the Royal Society of London
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa..
Author: Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of AfricaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History) ...
Author: British Museum (Natural History). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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A New Imperial History
Author: Kathleen WilsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521007962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Majestic River
Author: Charles W. J. WithersPublisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788855663
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
One of the greatest stories of world exploration ever told. By the late eighteenth century, the river Niger was a 2,000-year-old two-part geographical problem. Solving it would advance European knowledge of Africa, provide a route to commercial opportunity and help eradicate the evil of slavery. Mungo Park achieved lasting fame in 1796 by solving the first part of the Niger problem – which way did the river run? Park died in 1806, in circumstances which are still uncertain, in failing to solve the second – where did the Niger end? Numerous expeditions explored the river in the decades following Park's death, but not until 1830 was its final course revealed following in-the-field exploration. By then, however, the Niger problem had been solved by 'armchair geographers' who had never even visited Africa. Majestic River celebrates Mungo Park's achievements and illuminates his rich afterlife – how and why he was commemorated long after his death. It is also the thrilling story of the many expeditions that sought to determine the Niger's course and the facts of Park's disappearance, as well as a biography of the Niger itself as the river slowly took shape in the European imagination.
Bibliotheca Marsdeniana Philologica Et Orientalis
Author: William MarsdenPublisher:
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Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Bibliotheca Marsdeniana Philologica Et Orientalis. A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts Collected with a View of the General Comparison of Languages, and to the Study of Oriental Literature, by William Marsden, F. R. S. &c
Author: Bibliotheca MarsdenianaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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