The story of Africa and its explorers
By: by Robert Brown ...
Edition: Special ed. with Rembrandt photogravure plates, full-page engravings, and numerous other original illustrations.
Publisher: Cassell and Company, limited
Published: 1911
Place of publication: London; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Africa.; Africa -- Discovery and exploration.; Africa -- Colonization.
Table of contents: title: I. The Guinea traders. The corsairs of Africa. The tale of Timbuctoo. The Niger.; title: II. The river of Egypt. The great lakes. Across the continent. The Congo.; title: III. The last of a long tale. The Sahara. The missionaries. The hunters. The international explorers.; title: IV. Europe in Africa. Colonies and colonists. The scramble for an empire. A continent under companies. The contest for South Africa.