Research Catalog

Title

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 / by H. Capello and R. Ivens ; expedition organized in the years 1877-1880 ; translated by Alfred Elwes ; with maps and numerous illustrations ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Author

Capelo, H. (Hermenegildo), 1841-1917

Publication

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, 1882.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ivens, Roberto, 1850-1898
• Elwes, Alfred, 1819?-1888
• Sampson Low, Marston & Company, publisher.
• Gilbert & Rivington, printer.

Description

2 volumes : illustrations, maps, music, portraits; 23 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Uniform Title

De Benguella ás terras de Iácca. English

Alternative Title

De Benguella ás terras de Iácca.

Subjects

• Indigenous peoples > Angola
• Zoology > Angola
• Natural history > Angola
• Botany > Angola
• Scientific expeditions > Angola
• Ethnology > Angola
• Angola > Description and travel

Note

• With a half-title in both volumes.
• "London: Printed by Gilbert and Rivington, Limited, St. John's Square."--printer statement on verso of half-title page in both volumes; also on colophon at end of volume 1.
• Includes index at end of volume 2.
• Volume 1: lii, 395, [1] pages, [19] leaves of plates (1 folded); Volume 2: xv, [1], 350 pages, [17] leaves of plates (4 folded).

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc 916.73-C (Capello, H. From Benguella to the territory of Yacca)

LCCN

03007421 //r44

OCLC

• 4663579
• NYPGR4663579-B

Author

Capelo, H. (Hermenegildo), 1841-1917, author.

Title

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 / by H. Capello and R. Ivens ; expedition organized in the years 1877-1880 ; translated by Alfred Elwes ; with maps and numerous illustrations ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Imprint

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, 1882.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 916.73-C (accession nos. B526848, B526853) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust -- v. 1

Full text available via HathiTrust -- v. 2 (University of California copy)

Added Author

Ivens, Roberto, 1850-1898, author.

Elwes, Alfred, 1819?-1888, translator.

Sampson Low, Marston & Company, publisher.

Gilbert & Rivington, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 916.73-C (Capello, H. From Benguella to the territory of Yacca)

BMP (Brito Capello, H. A. de. From Benguella to the territory of Yacca)