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Adventures in Africa under the British, Belgian and Portuguese flags
- Title
- Adventures in Africa under the British, Belgian and Portuguese flags / by J.B. Thornhill ; with map, diagrams, index and glossary.
- Author
- Thornhill, J. B. (John Bensley)
- Publication
- New York : E.P. Dutton and Company, 1915.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- E.P. Dutton (Firm), publisher.
- Description
- ix, [1], 330 pages, [2] leaves of of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Note
- With a half-title.
- Includes index.
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- Introduction -- ch. 1. My journey to Katanga -- ch. 2. Across the Congo border -- ch. 3. With Grey in Katanga -- ch. 4. Grey goes home -- ch. 5. Ruwe and west of the Lualaba -- ch. 6. Road-making -- ch. 7. Bad times -- ch. 8. The happy valley -- ch. 9. The interregnum -- ch. 10. From the Congo to Cape Town -- ch. 11. Portuguese slavery in Angola -- ch. 12. Under the Belgians -- ch. 13. Copper district of Belgian Congo ; Road-making -- ch. 14. I leave the company -- ch. 15. Waitin on the railway -- ch. 16. The last advance -- ch. 17. Good-bye to Africa -- Index an glossary.
- Call Number
- Sc 916.75-T (Thornhill, J. Adventures in Africa)
- OCLC
- 10634734
- NYPGR10634734-B
- Author
- Thornhill, J. B. (John Bensley), author.
- Title
- Adventures in Africa under the British, Belgian and Portuguese flags / by J.B. Thornhill ; with map, diagrams, index and glossary.
- Publisher
- New York : E.P. Dutton and Company, 1915.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc 916.75-T (accession no. B593704) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- E.P. Dutton (Firm), publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 916.75-T (Thornhill, J. Adventures in Africa)