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| Title: | Travels in West Africa, Congo Francais, Corisco and the Cameroons |
| Author: | Kingsley, Mary Henrietta (British)(1862-1900) |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Pages: | 743 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | London |
| Publisher: | Macmillan and Co., Limited New York: The Macmillan Company |
| Geographic terms: | Angola Cameroon Congo (Democratic Republic of) Gabon Ghana Nigeria Congo (Republic of) Sierra Leone Equatorial Guinea |
| Subject: | travel |
| About person: | Mary Henriette Kingsley (1862-1900) |
| Abstract: | The story of M.Kingsley's voyage through West-Africa in 1893. Introduction - Liverpool to Sierra Leone - The Cold Coast - Fernando Po and the Bubis - Lagos Bar - Voyage down coast - Libreville and glass - The Ogowé - Talagouga - The rapids of the Ogowé - Lebarene - From Kangwe to Lake Ncovi - From Ncovi to Agonjo - Bush trade and fan customs - Down the Rembwé - Congo français - The log of the Lafayette - From the Corisco to Gabon - Fetish - Ascent of the great peak of Cameroons - The islands in the Bay of Amboises. Appendix: Trade and labour in West Africa - Disease in West Africa - Dr. A.Günther on reptiles and fishes - Orthoptera, Hymenoptera and Hemiptera - The invention of the cloth loom. Index. |