Thomas Edward Bowdich

Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee

With a Statistical Account of That Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Afr

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1819 work describes Bowdich's journey from Cape Coast Castle in West Africa into the territory of the Ashanti.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 550
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1409g
• ISBN-13: 9781108072250
• ISBN-10: 1108072259
• Artikelnr.: 40720528

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: 1. The objects and departure of the mission
2. The route and reception of the mission
3. Proceedings and incidents until the third dispatch to Cape Coast Castle
4. Proceedings and incidents until the signing of the preliminaries to a general treaty
5. Proceedings and incidents until the ratification of a general treaty
6. Proceedings and incidents until the completion of the mission and its return to Cape Coast Castle
Part II: 1. Geography
2. History
3. Constitution and laws
4. Superstitions
5. Customs
6. Architecture, arts, and manufactures
7. Climate, population, revenue, city, market, etc.
8. Trade
9. Language
10. Music
11. Materia medica and diseases
12. Mr Hutchinson's diary
13. Sketch of Gaboon, and its interior
14. Suggestions for future missions to the interior of Africa
Appendix.