The river Congo, from its mouth to Bólóbó : with a general description of the natural history and anthropology of its western basin
- Title
- The river Congo, from its mouth to Bólóbó : with a general description of the natural history and anthropology of its western basin / by H.H. Johnston ; with two etchings, and over seventy other illustrations and three maps of the Congo &c., by the author.
- Published by
- London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street, E.C., 1884.
- Author
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- Description
- xvii, [1], 470 pages, [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Bookplates (Provenance)
- Contents
- ch. 1. From São Paulo de Loanda to the Congo -- ch. 2. The Lower Congo: Banana Point to Vivi -- ch. 3. Pallaballa and Yellálá -- ch. 4. Vivi to Isangilo -- ch. 5. Isangila to Manyanga -- ch. 6. Manyanga to Leopoldville (Stanley Pool) -- ch. 7. Stanley Pool -- ch. 8. Stanley Pool to the Wabuma -- ch. 9. To Bólóbó -- ch. 10. Msuāta -- ch. 11. Homewards -- ch. 12. Climate and natural history -- ch. 13. Natural history -- ch. 14. Natural history: Ornithology -- ch. 15. Natural history: Mammals -- ch. 16. The people of the Congo -- ch. 17. The languages of the western Congo
- Call number
- Sc 916.75-J (Johnston, H. River Congo)
- Note
- "London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross."--verso of title page.
- Includes index.
- Provenance (note)
- with a 'bookplate' on front pastedown: a cross-stitch depicting a golden harp with a wreath of flowers hung from it, and a small branch between the strings. ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Author
- Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927, author.
- Title
- The river Congo, from its mouth to Bólóbó : with a general description of the natural history and anthropology of its western basin / by H.H. Johnston ; with two etchings, and over seventy other illustrations and three maps of the Congo &c., by the author.
- Publisher
- London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street, E.C., 1884.
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc 916.75-J (accession no. B530005) with a 'bookplate' on front pastedown: a cross-stitch depicting a golden harp with a wreath of flowers hung from it, and a small branch between the strings. ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Sampson Low, Marston & Company, publisher.
- William Clowes and Sons, printer.
- Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- LCCN
- 05015412
- Research call number
- Sc 916.75-J (Johnston, H. River Congo)