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Title

Liberia / by Sir Harry Johnston ; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia, by Dr. Otto Stapf ; 28 coloured illustrations by Sir Harry Johnston ; 24 botanical drawings by Miss Matilda Smith ; 402 black and white illustrations from the author's drawings and from photographs by the author and others ; 22 maps by Mr. J.W. Addison, Capt. H.D. Pearson R.E., Lieut. E.W. Cox R.E., and the author ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Author

Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927

Publication

London : Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row, 1906.

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Additional Authors

• Stapf, O. (Otto), 1857-1933
• Chubb, Charles
• Smith, Matilda, 1854-1926
• Addison, J. W.
• Pearson, H. D., Captain
• Cox, E. W., Lieutenant
• Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), publisher.
• Hazell, Watson & Viney, printer.

Description

2 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), music, portraits (some color); 25 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Liberia > Social conditions
• Liberia > Description and travel
• Liberia > History
• Animals > Liberia
• Africa, West > Languages
• Ethnology > Liberia
• Folklore > Liberia
• Liberia > Social life and customs
• Botany > Liberia
• Vai language
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Indigenous peoples > Liberia
• Liberia > Economic conditions
• Natural history > Liberia
• Liberia > Politics and government

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• Paged continuously; Volume 1: xxviii, 519, [1] pages, [16] leaves of plates (4 folded); Volume 2: xvi, 521-1183, [1] pages, [16] leaves of plates.
• End-papers illustrated in colors.
• "Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury."--printer statement, foot of page [1] at end of volume 1 and foot of page 1183 in volume 2.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages xiii-xvii) and index at the end of volume 2.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on half-title pages in both volumes "A. Schomburg." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• vol. 1. ch. 1. Liberia -- ch. 2. Ancient history -- ch. 3. Normans and Genoese -- ch. 4. Portuguese -- ch. 5. Pepper and gold -- ch. 6. The Guinea trade in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- ch. 7. A Dutch account of Liberia in the seventeenth century -- ch. 8. The slave trade -- ch. 9. The founding of Liberia -- ch. 10. The last phase of the slave trade -- ch. 11. Governors of Liberia -- ch. 12. Independence -- ch. 13. President Roberts -- ch. 14. Frontier questions -- ch. 15. The loan and its consequences -- ch. 16. Recent history -- ch. 17. The Americo-Liberians ; app. 1. American-Liberian population ; app. 2. Statistical information as to government, religion, education, etc. ; app. 3. The Liberian national anthem -- ch. 18. Commerce -- ch. 19. Geography of Liberia -- ch. 20. Climate and rainfall -- ch. 21. Geology and minerals.
• vol. 2. ch. 22. Flora of Liberia ; app. 4. List of the known plants of Liberia / by Dr. Otto Stapf -- ch. 23. Fauna: Mammals ; app. 5. List of known mammalia -- ch. 24. Fauna: Birds ; app. 6. List of the known birds of Liberia / by Mr. Charles Chubb -- ch. 25. Fauna: Reptiles, amphibia, and fish ; app. 7. A list of the known reptiles, amphibia, and fish -- ch. 26. Fauna: Invertebrates ; app. 8. List of invertebrate animals -- ch. 27. Anthropology: Historical -- ch. 28. Anthropology: Physical -- ch. 29. Anthropology: Social -- ch. 30. Folklore -- ch. 31. Languages ; app. 9. The Vai syllabarium or alphabet -- ch. 32. Vocabularies -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 916.66-J (Johnston, H. Liberia)

LCCN

06044331

OCLC

3611922

Author

Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927, author.

Title

Liberia / by Sir Harry Johnston ; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia, by Dr. Otto Stapf ; 28 coloured illustrations by Sir Harry Johnston ; 24 botanical drawings by Miss Matilda Smith ; 402 black and white illustrations from the author's drawings and from photographs by the author and others ; 22 maps by Mr. J.W. Addison, Capt. H.D. Pearson R.E., Lieut. E.W. Cox R.E., and the author ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].

Publisher

London : Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row, 1906.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages xiii-xvii) and index at the end of volume 2.

Provenance

Copy in Sc 916.66-J (accession nos. B429094-B429095) inscribed: in ink on half-title pages in both volumes "A. Schomburg." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Full text available via HathiTrust -- v. 1 (University of California copy)

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

Added Author

Stapf, O. (Otto), 1857-1933, contributor.

Chubb, Charles, contributor.

Smith, Matilda, 1854-1926, illustrator.

Addison, J. W., cartographer.

Pearson, H. D., Captain, cartographer.

Cox, E. W., Lieutenant, cartographer.

Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), publisher.

Hazell, Watson & Viney, printer.

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

Research Call Number

Sc 916.66-J (Johnston, H. Liberia)