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Number: | 635 |
Continent: | Africa |
Region: | West |
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Year of Origin: | 1880 |
Title: | Carte du Voyage De M. AD. Burdo Au Niger, Au Benue (Tchadda) et chez les peuplades riveraines. Afrique Centrale |
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Language: | French |
Publish Origin: | Paris |
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Cartographer: |
Camille Renard Adolphe Burdo |
Engraver: |
Becquet L. Sonnet |
Publisher: |
E. Plon |
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Notes: | from Bk 1106 "Niger et Benue. Voyage dans L'Afrique Centrale" The author, member of the Belgian Geographical Society, describes his travels through Dakar, Gambia, Gold Coast, Niger, Accra, etc, with descriptions of slave markets, cannibals, human sacrifices, African kings, with much on the local customs and peoples, nature, activities, hunting. |
Last updated: Oct 16, 2007 |