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African-American Exploration in West Africa Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries

Hoofdkenmerken

Auteur:	Leach, Melissa
Co Auteur:	Melissa Leach
Redactie:	Leach, Melissa
Titel:	African-American Exploration in West Africa Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries
Uitgever:	Indiana University Press
ISBN:	9780253341945
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 59.16
Verschijningsdatum:	13-11-2003
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Black & Asian studies
Geogr.gebied:	West Africa
Periode:	c 1800 to c 1900
Geillustreerd:	39 b&w photos, 11 maps, 1 index
Dewey code:	916.662042092396073

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	504
Hoogte mm.:	168
Breedte mm.:	242
Dikte mm.:	40
Gewicht gr.:	858

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Presents four travel diaries of pioneering African Americans who were the first to explore and document the West African interior. This work reveals the wealth and beauty of Africa in descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. It challenges the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa.