British West Africa : its rise and progress / by Major A.F. Mockler-Ferryman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mockler-Ferryman, A. F. (Augustus Ferryman), 1856-1930.

Contributor:

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa, West--History.

Africa, West.

Genre:

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding). -- 1900.

Physical Description:

xvi, 512 p. : ill., plates, fold. maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

2d ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Swan Sonnenshein, 1900.

Notes:

Introductory -- Gambia -- Sierra Leone -- The Gold Coast -- Ashanti -- The two Ashanti expeditions -- Lagos -- The Niger and its early explorers -- Further explorations of the Niger -- The travels of Barth and Baikie -- The commencement of trade on the Niger -- Nigeria -- The Fulah Empire -- The Royal Niger Company, chartered and limited -- The Niger Coast protectorate -- Native tribes and customs -- Samory and Rabeh -- Slavery and the slave trade -- Religion and missionaries -- France and Germany in West Africa -- West AFrican products -- Folk-lore -- Conclusion.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in blue cloth with title and author stamped in gold on cover, with a line drawing of an older man in turban and robes with sword. Spine has author, title, publisher and a rising sun stamped in gold, with a portrait of a shirtless male youth painted in gold.

Athenaeum copy: Gift: Philadelphia Trade & Convention Center, 1963.

OCLC:

5839865