James Mcqueen

A Geographical Survey of Africa, Its Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Productions, States, Populations (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 303
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136980862
• Artikelnr.: 40831458

Autorenporträt

James McQueen

Inhaltsangabe

Letter to Lord John Russell-Great errors committed in the pursuit of African Discovery- Improvement of Africa-Suppression of the foreign Slave Trade- the immense Expense which it has cost Great Britain-Great increase of that Trade-Increased productions of Foreign Countries in consequence thereof-Cultivation of the Soil- the true and only way to Improve and to Civilize Africa
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. &c; Butter 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
&e. &c; Kaslina
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
&c; Runza
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
&e; Jaba
the Quillimancy
Limmou
the Habahia and its tributaries ; The Zaire or Congo
Cataracts
&c; The Coanza
the Cuanene
Mattemba
Cassange
Meropooa
the Fish River; The Eastern Coast of Africa
the Zambeze and Senna
Tatta
Zanzibar
Quiloa
Population of South Africa
Lakes in Southern Africa; Construction of the Map