An edition of Liberia
(1906)
Liberia
by Harry Johnston
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Natural history, Botany, Vai language, LanguagesPlaces
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Table of Contents
I. Liberia. Ancient history. Normans and Genoese. Portuguese. Pepper and gold. The Guinea trade in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A Dutch account of Liberia in the seventeenth century. The slave trade. The founding of Liberia. The last phase of the slave trade. Governors of Liberia. Independence. President Roberts. Frontier questions. The loan and its consequences. Recent history. The Americo-Liberians. Commerce. Geography of Liberia. Climate and rainfall. Geology and minerals.
II. Flora of Liberia. Fauna. Anthropology. Folklore. Languages: The languages of Liberia. Appendix IX: The Vai syllabarium or alphabet. Vocabularies of Liberian and other West African languages. Index.
Edition Notes
Paged continuously; v. 1: xxviii, 519, [1] p.; v. 2: xvi, 521-1183 p.
End-papers illustrated in colors.
Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
28 coloured illustrations by Sir Harry Johnston, 24 botanical drawings by Miss Matilda Smith, 402 black and white illustrations from the author's drawings and from photographs by the author and others, 22 maps by Mr. J.W. Addison [and others].
Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, xiii-xvii).
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