Research Catalog

Title

The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891 / by J. Theodore Bent ; with a chapter on the orientation and mensuration of the temples by R.M.W. Swan.

Author

Bent, J. Theodore (James Theodore), 1852-1897

Publication

London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Swan, Robert McNair Wilson, 1858-1904.
• Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher.
• Spottiswoode & Co., printer.

Description

xi, [1], 376 pages, [17] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits; 23 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

Mashonaland

Subjects

• Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city)
• Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city) > Antiquities
• Publishers' catalogs > England > London > 19th century
• Zimbabwe > Antiquities
• Mashonaland Central Province (Zimbabwe) > Description and travel
• Africa > Antiquities
• Mashonaland East Province (Zimbabwe) > Description and travel
• Extinct cities > Zimbabwe
• Mashonaland West Province (Zimbabwe) > Description and travel

Genre/Form

Publishers' catalogs – England – London – 19th century.

Note

• With a half-title.
• "Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square, London."--verso of half-title page.
• Includes index.
• Publisher's catalog, 24 pages at end.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Pt. I. On the road to the ruins: The journey up by the Kalahari Desert route ; First impressions of Mashonaland ; Camp life and work at Zimbabwe -- Pt. II. Devoted to the archaeology of the ruined cities: Description of the various ruins ; On the orientation and measurements of Zimbabwe ruins / by R.M.W. Swan ; The finds at the Great Zimbabwe ruins ; The geography and ethnology of the Mashonaland ruins -- Pt. III. Exploration journeys in Mashonaland: Down to the Sabi River and Matindela ruins ; Fort Salisbury and the old workings and ruins of the Mazoe Valley ; Our embassy to Chief 'Mtoko ; The ruined cities in Mangwendi's, Chipunza's, and Makoni's countries ; The journey to the coast -- Appendices: Notes on the geography and meteorology of Mashonaland / by R.M.W. Swan ; List of stations in Mashonaland astronomically observed, with altitudes / by R.M.W. Swan ; Addenda to chapter V / by R.M.W. Swan -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 916.89-B (Bent, J. Ruined cities of Mashonaland. 1892)

LCCN

04016743

OCLC

• 1499616
• NYPGR1499616-B

Author

Bent, J. Theodore (James Theodore), 1852-1897, author.

Title

The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891 / by J. Theodore Bent ; with a chapter on the orientation and mensuration of the temples by R.M.W. Swan.

Publisher

London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 916.89-B (accession no.B593884) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc 916.89-B accompanied by publisher's catalog, 24 page at end: A catalogue of works in general literature published by Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co.

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Added Author

Swan, Robert McNair Wilson, 1858-1904.

Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher.

Spottiswoode & Co., printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 916.89-B (Bent, J. Ruined cities of Mashonaland. 1892)

BNN (Bent, J. T. (Ruined cities of Mashonaland)