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A geographical and commercial view of northern Central Africa : containing a particular account of the course and termination of the great river Niger in the Atlantic ocean

Title
A geographical and commercial view of northern Central Africa : containing a particular account of the course and termination of the great river Niger in the Atlantic ocean / by James M'Queen.
Author
MacQueen, James, 1778-1870.
Publication
Edinburgh : Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; T. Cadell, in the Strand, London; and W. Turnbull, Glasgow, 1821.

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Additional Authors
  • Blackwood, William, 1776-1834
  • Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836
  • Turnbull, W. (William), active 1809-1820
  • Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859
  • Balfour and Clarke, printer.
Description
xix, [1], 288 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : maps; 22 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  • Slave trade > Sudan (Region)
  • Sudan (Region) > Description and travel
  • Niger River > Description and travel
  • Great Britain > Commerce > Sudan (Region)
  • Sudan (Region) > Commerce > Great Britain
  • Great Britain > Colonies > Sudan (Region)
  • Sudan (Region) > Colonization
Note
  • "Printed by Balfour and Clarke, Edinburgh, 1821."--verso of title page.
  • Map engraved by W.H. Lizars.
  • "Trade and commerce of northern Central Africa"--p. [209]-288.
Indexed In (note)
  • Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc Rare 916.62-M (MacQueen, J. ...Africa)
LCCN
05008623
OCLC
  • 4948065
  • NYPGR4948065-B
Author
MacQueen, James, 1778-1870.
Title
A geographical and commercial view of northern Central Africa : containing a particular account of the course and termination of the great river Niger in the Atlantic ocean / by James M'Queen.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; T. Cadell, in the Strand, London; and W. Turnbull, Glasgow, 1821.
Indexed In:
Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression, 2568
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 6272
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 916.62-M (accession no. B593640) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Local Note
Copy in Sc Rare 916.62-M has printed bookseller's label on title page: "Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Ltd. Oriental & African Booksellers 39 New Oxford St., London, W.C. 1." NN
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Added Author
Blackwood, William, 1776-1834, publisher.
Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836, publisher.
Turnbull, W. (William), active 1809-1820, publisher.
Balfour and Clarke, printer.
Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, engraver.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., bookseller.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 916.62-M (MacQueen, J. ...Africa)
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