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Adventures in Africa under the British, Belgian and Portuguese flags

Title
  1. Adventures in Africa under the British, Belgian and Portuguese flags / by J.B. Thornhill ; with map, diagrams, index and glossary.
Published by
  1. New York : E.P. Dutton and Company, 1915.
Author
  1. Thornhill, J. B. (John Bensley)

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Additional authors
  1. E.P. Dutton (Firm), publisher.
Description
  1. ix, [1], 330 pages, [2] leaves of of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  1. Africa, Southern > Description and travel
  2. Katanga (Congo) > Description and travel
  3. Zimbabwe > Description and travel
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Sc 916.75-T (Thornhill, J. Adventures in Africa)
Note
  1. With a half-title.
  2. Includes index.
Provenance (note)
  1. is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Author
  1. Thornhill, J. B. (John Bensley), author.
Title
  1. Adventures in Africa under the British, Belgian and Portuguese flags / by J.B. Thornhill ; with map, diagrams, index and glossary.
Publisher
  1. New York : E.P. Dutton and Company, 1915.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Provenance
  1. Copy in Sc 916.75-T (accession no. B593704) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Added author
  1. E.P. Dutton (Firm), publisher.
  2. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research call number
  1. Sc 916.75-T (Thornhill, J. Adventures in Africa)
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