A New Geographical Grammar and Complete Gazetteer; upon an improved, enlarged and scientific plan ... To which are added the elements of chronology, etc. [With maps.]

A New Geographical Grammar and Complete Gazetteer; upon an improved, enlarged and scientific plan ... To which are added the elements of chronology, etc. [With maps.]
Title A New Geographical Grammar and Complete Gazetteer; upon an improved, enlarged and scientific plan ... To which are added the elements of chronology, etc. [With maps.] PDF eBook
Author William GORDON (Master of the Mercantile Academy, Edinburgh.)
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Pages 664
Release 1789
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Mastering the Niger

Mastering the Niger
Title Mastering the Niger PDF eBook
Author David Lambert
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 318
Release 2013-11-15
Genre History
ISBN 022607823X

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In Mastering the Niger, David Lambert recalls Scotsman James MacQueen (1778–1870) and his publication of A New Map of Africa in 1841 to show that Atlantic slavery—as a practice of subjugation, a source of wealth, and a focus of political struggle—was entangled with the production, circulation, and reception of geographical knowledge. The British empire banned the slave trade in 1807 and abolished slavery itself in 1833, creating a need for a new British imperial economy. Without ever setting foot on the continent, MacQueen took on the task of solving the “Niger problem,” that is, to successfully map the course of the river and its tributaries, and thus breathe life into his scheme for the exploration, colonization, and commercial exploitation of West Africa. Lambert illustrates how MacQueen’s geographical research began, four decades before the publication of the New Map, when he was managing a sugar estate on the West Indian colony of Grenada. There MacQueen encountered slaves with firsthand knowledge of West Africa, whose accounts would form the basis of his geographical claims. Lambert examines the inspirations and foundations for MacQueen’s geographical theory as well as its reception, arguing that Atlantic slavery and ideas for alternatives to it helped produce geographical knowledge, while geographical discourse informed the struggle over slavery.

General catalogue of printed books

General catalogue of printed books
Title General catalogue of printed books PDF eBook
Author British museum. Dept. of printed books
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Pages 480
Release 1931
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General Catalogue of Printed Books

General Catalogue of Printed Books
Title General Catalogue of Printed Books PDF eBook
Author British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Pages 480
Release 1961
Genre English imprints
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Catalogue of Printed Books

Catalogue of Printed Books
Title Catalogue of Printed Books PDF eBook
Author British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Pages 498
Release 1952
Genre Books
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The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc

The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc
Title The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc PDF eBook
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Pages 846
Release 1823
Genre Great Britain
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Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico ... Translated from the French, etc

Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico ... Translated from the French, etc
Title Missionary Adventures in Texas and Mexico ... Translated from the French, etc PDF eBook
Author Emanuel DOMENECH
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Pages 426
Release 1858
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