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The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891
- 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., 1893.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xvii, [1], 427, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) ; illustrations, maps, plans, portraits; 20 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Alternative Title
- A catalogue of works in general literature published by Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co.
- Subjects
- Mashonaland West Province (Zimbabwe) > Description and travel
- Africa > Antiquities
- Zimbabwe > Antiquities
- Publishers' catalogs > England > London > 19th century
- Mashonaland East Province (Zimbabwe) > Description and travel
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Ink stamps (Provenance)
- Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city) > Antiquities
- Extinct cities > Zimbabwe
- Mashonaland Central Province (Zimbabwe > Description and travel
- Genre/Form
- Publishers' catalogs – England – London – 19th century.
- Ink stamps (Provenance)
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Note
- With a half-title.
- "Biliographical note. First edition, 8vo. November 1892; New and cheaper edition, with additional appendix, crown 8vo. August 1893."--verso of half-title page.
- Includes index.
- "Spottiswoode & Co., printers, New-Street Square, London."--colophon, page 427.
- Provenance (note)
- inscribed: in ink on recto of prelim. free endleaf "Natalie H. Hammond. Johannesburg 1893. U.A.R." ; With the ink stamp several times throughout: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; This copy 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 ; Progress in Mashonaland summarised from November 1891 to May 1893 -- Index.
- Call Number
- Sc 916.89-B (Bent, J. Ruined cities of Mashonaland. 1893)
- OCLC
- 4526402
- NYPGR4526402-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., 1893.
- Edition
- New edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc 916.89-B (accession no. B530039) inscribed: in ink on recto of prelim. free endleaf "Natalie H. Hammond. Johannesburg 1893. U.A.R." ; With the ink stamp several times throughout: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Sc 916.89-B accompanied by 24 page publisher's catalog at end.
- Added Author
- Swan, Robert McNair Wilson, 1858-1904.Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher.Spottiswoode & Co., printer.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.
- Added Title
- A catalogue of works in general literature published by Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co. NN
- Research Call Number
- Sc 916.89-B (Bent, J. Ruined cities of Mashonaland. 1893)