A Geographical and Commercial View of Northern Central Africa: Containing a Particular Account of the Course and Termination of the Great River Niger

by James MacQueen

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James MacQueen (1778-1870) was a British geographer fascinated by the problem of the River Niger. He set out to try to establish (on the basis of accounts by explorers, traders and missionaries), that one and the same river flowed continuously through Africa and into the Atlantic Ocean, thus challenging long-established beliefs that African rivers either disappeared into the sand or terminated in lakes. MacQueen documents his findings in this pioneering...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1108031277

ISBN13:9781108031271

Release Date:May 2011

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:330 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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