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The river Congo, from its mouth to Bólóbó : with a general description of the natural history and anthropology of its western basin

Title
  1. 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
  1. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street, E.C., 1884.
Author
  1. Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927

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Additional authors
  1. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, publisher.
  2. William Clowes and Sons, printer.
Description
  1. xvii, [1], 470 pages, [4] leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  1. Natural history > Congo (Democratic Republic)
  2. Ethnology > Congo (Democratic Republic)
  3. Congo River > Description and travel
  4. Natural history > Congo River
  5. Congo (Democratic Republic) > Description and travel
  6. Angola > Description and travel
Genre/Form
  1. Bookplates (Provenance)
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Sc 916.75-J (Johnston, H. River Congo)
Note
  1. "London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross."--verso of title page.
  2. Includes index.
Provenance (note)
  1. 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
  1. Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927, author.
Title
  1. 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
  1. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street, E.C., 1884.
Edition
  1. Third edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Provenance
  1. 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
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Added author
  1. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, publisher.
  2. William Clowes and Sons, printer.
  3. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
LCCN
  1. 05015412
Research call number
  1. Sc 916.75-J (Johnston, H. River Congo)
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