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Cape Coast castle : or, The adventures of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne among the people of Fanti / by Mrs. R. Lee ; with illustrations by John Gilbert.
Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, R., Mrs., 1791-1856, author.
- Series:
- Africa and the new imperialism: European borders on the African continent, 1870-1914.
- Africa and the new imperialism : European borders on the African continent, 1870-1990
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Melmoth, William, 1710?-1799.
- Melmoth, William.
- Fanti (African people).
- Ghana--Description and travel.
- Ghana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume (xiv, 242, 32 pages)) : illustrations (black and white).
- Other Title:
- Adventures of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne among the people of Fanti
- Place of Publication:
- London : Griffith and Farran, [1875]
- Summary:
- Biographical novel by Mrs R Lee recounting the life and travels of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne through Ghana. Loosely framed as fiction - preface notes that all events represented did happen, although not to Sir Thomas himself. Aimed to 'present a faithful picture of the manners and customs of the Fanti people'. Preface comments on the African situation and rise of colonisation.
- Notes:
- ICOMM_U_PZ3_LEE
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies Collection
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2023.
- OCLC:
- 1376465579
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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