W. Holman Bentley

Pioneering on the Congo - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1900, this two-volume work documents the pioneering activities of nineteenth-century missionaries in the Congo.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 691g
• ISBN-13: 9781108031950
• ISBN-10: 1108031951
• Artikelnr.: 33625414

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Ancient history: 1484-1670
2. The old slaving days: 1670-1877
3. The inception of the mission: 1877-8
4. Congo-wards: 1879
5. The establishment of the mission: 1879
6. Developments at San Salvador and explorations therefrom: 1879-80
7. The Congo basin and its inhabitants: the Kongo language
8. Religion: the knowledge of god, and fetishism
9. The opposition outflanked, Stanley Pool reached: 1881
10. Development of the new route to the upper river: 1881-2.