From Benguella to the territory of Yacca : description of a journey into Central and West Africa comprising narratives, adventures, and important surveys of the sources of the Rivers Cunene, Cubango, Luando, Cuanza, and Cuango, and of great part of the course of the two latter ; together with the discovery of the Rivers Hamba, Cauali, Sussa, and Cugho, and a detailed account of the territories of Quiteca, N'bungo, Sosso, Futa, and Yacca
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From Benguella to the territory of Yacca : description of a journey into Central and West Africa comprising narratives, adventures, and important surveys of the sources of the Rivers Cunene, Cubango, Luando, Cuanza, and Cuango, and of great part of the course of the two latter ; together with the discovery of the Rivers Hamba, Cauali, Sussa, and Cugho, and a detailed account of the territories of Quiteca, N'bungo, Sosso, Futa, and Yacca
- Publication date
- 1882
- Topics
- Travel, Africa, Central -- Description and travel, Angola -- Description and travel, Central Africa, Angola
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
- Collection
- americana
- Book from the collections of
- unknown library
- Language
- English
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2 volumes, 34 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm
Vol. 1: lii, 395 p., [18] leaves of plates ; v. 2: xv, 350 p., [16] leaves of plates (some folded)
Vol. 2 includes: Table of geographical observations made during the expedition of 1877-1880, Additions to the fauna of Central and West Africa [by Dr. Barbosa du Bocage], Flora [by Count de Ficalho], Brief summary of a few of the African dialects [by Sr. A. Urbano Monteiro de Castro], N'Bunda vocabulary [by Sr. A. Urbano Monteiro de Castro], N'Jenji vocabulary, Garanganja vocabulary, Quioco vocabulary, Lunda vocabulary, and Ca-Luiana vocabulary
English translation of: De Benguella ás terras de Iácca
The original Spanish edition was published in Lisbon in 1881
"Expedition organized in the years 1877-1880."
"Printed by Gilbert and Rivington, Limited"--Colophon
Includes index
2 volumes, 34 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm
Vol. 1: lii, 395 p., [18] leaves of plates ; v. 2: xv, 350 p., [16] leaves of plates (some folded)
Vol. 2 includes: Table of geographical observations made during the expedition of 1877-1880, Additions to the fauna of Central and West Africa [by Dr. Barbosa du Bocage], Flora [by Count de Ficalho], Brief summary of a few of the African dialects [by Sr. A. Urbano Monteiro de Castro], N'Bunda vocabulary [by Sr. A. Urbano Monteiro de Castro], N'Jenji vocabulary, Garanganja vocabulary, Quioco vocabulary, Lunda vocabulary, and Ca-Luiana vocabulary
English translation of: De Benguella ás terras de Iácca
The original Spanish edition was published in Lisbon in 1881
"Expedition organized in the years 1877-1880."
"Printed by Gilbert and Rivington, Limited"--Colophon
Includes index
- Addeddate
- 2008-06-14 21:59:03
- Associated-names
- Ivens, Roberto, 1850-1898, author; Elwes, Alfred, 1819?-1888, translator; Barbosa du Bocage, J. V. (José Vicente), 1823-1908; Ficalho, Francisco Manuel de Melo, Conde de, 1837-1903; Castro, Antonio Urbano Monteiro de, 1836-1893; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, publisher; Gilbert & Rivington, printer
- Copyright-region
- US
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- frombenguellato00capegoog
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t6b280135
- Lccn
- 03007421
- Ocr_converted
- abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.14
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL17936480M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL2541485W
- Page_number_confidence
- 70.65
- Pages
- 503
- Possible copyright status
- NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
- Scanner
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 4663579
- Year
- 1882
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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