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The River Congo : the discovery, exploration and exploitation of the world's most dramatic river
- Title
- The River Congo : the discovery, exploration and exploitation of the world's most dramatic river / Peter Forbath.
- Author
- Forbath, Peter.
- Publication
- New York : Harper & Row, ©1977.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 20-346 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 84-3600 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 404 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- Discusses the exploration and exploitation of the Congo by European explorers and adventurers from the fifteenth century to the twentieth.
- Subject
- Note
- Maps on Lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-397) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. The voyages: The river that swallows all rivers ; The quest for Prester John ; A hero in Barbary ; On the ocean of darkness ; The perfect prince -- pt. 2. The discovery: The stone pillars ; Kingdonm of Kongo ; The forest Othello ; Slavers, cannibals, and a saint -- pt. 3. The explorations: The way to Timbuktoo ; The Tuckey expedition ; Dr. Livingstone and the Nile ; The sacred oracles ; Stanley and Livingstone ; The last journey ; The extraordinary enterprise ; Down the Lualaba to the sea -- pt. 4. The exploitation: Europe and the Congo ; Bula Matari ; The personal kingdom of Leopold II -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 84-3600
- ISBN
- 0061224901
- 9780061224904
- LCCN
- 77003749
- OCLC
- 2966214
- Author
- Forbath, Peter.
- Title
- The River Congo : the discovery, exploration and exploitation of the world's most dramatic river / Peter Forbath.
- Imprint
- New York : Harper & Row, ©1977.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-397) and index.
- Indexed Term
- Congo River Valley Discovery and exploration
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 20-346JFE 84-3600