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Captain Philip Beaver's African journal /
Captain Philip Beaver's journal, originally published in 1805, recounts his attempt to establish a colony in West Africa with British settlers to demonstrate that cooperation between Africans and Europeans could supply the tropical produce provided by West Indian plantations, so proving the unh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY :
Anthem Press,
2023.
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| Colección: | Anthem nineteenth century studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Beaver, Philip, |d 1766-1813, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Captain Philip Beaver's African journal / |c edited by Carol Bolton and Christopher Brown. |
| 264 | 1 | |a London ; |a New York, NY : |b Anthem Press, |c 2023. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (444 p.). | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures. -- Acknowledgements. -- Notes on the Text. -- Table of Weights and Measures. -- Introduction. -- Preface. -- Author's Introduction. -- CHAPTER I. Proceedings of the Bulama Society in England -- CHAPTER II. Proceedings of the Colonists from their leaving England to their arrival in the Bijuga Channel, on the Coast of Africa -- CHAPTER III. Summary of the Calypso's proceedings from the time of her separation to her rejoining the Hankey | |
| 505 | 8 | |a CHAPTER IV. Proceedings from the Rejunction of the Ships, to the Abandonment of the Island of Bulama by the major Part of the Colonists, in the Ship Calypso -- CHAPTER V. Lieutenant Beaver's Journal on the island of Bulama -- CHAPTER VI. Apology for those parts of the preceding Journal which may appear either illegal, or harsh-Objections foreseen and answered-Difficulties which we had to overcome stated-Natives' opinion of the European character-Advantages resulting from our having remained upon the island | |
| 505 | 8 | |a CHAPTER VII. Recapitulation of the principal causes of our failure-none of which can be attributed either to the difficulty or impracticability of the Enterprise itself -- CHAPTER VIII. Geographical outline of that part of the African Coast and Continent which is comprised between the Rivers Gambia and Grande -- with a brief notice of its southern Inhabitants, its Soil, and principal Animal and Vegetable Productions. -- CHAPTER IX. Of the Bijuga Islands, and Inhabitants -- CHAPTER X. Of the Island of Bulama -- its Produce-Animals-Climate | |
| 505 | 8 | |a CHAPTER XI. Advantageous position of the Country sketched in Chapter VIII for the purposes of Cultivation and Commerce-its Colonization proposed-Commodities intended to be there produced-how these might affect our West Indian possessions-what effect the Colonization of this Country might have on the African character, particularly with respect to Slavery-and how far it may conduce towards the introduction of Letters and Religion into that Country, as well as to a more accurate Knowledge of its i -- Note, on a French work on the subject of the western coast of Africa -- APPENDICES. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a No 1. Proposals of the Committee -- No 2. Memorandum of agreement, and Constitution of Government, for the Island of Bulama -- No 3. List of the Colonists, &c., who sailed from Gravesend -- No 4. List of the Colonists who remained with Lieutenant Beaver on the Island of Bulama -- No 5. Some account of the weather at Bulama -- No 6. Letter from Ghinala 2d August 1792 -- No 7. Treaty between Lieutenant Beaver and the Kings of Ghinala and the Rio Grande, 3d August 1792 -- No 8. List of the purchase goods of the Island of Bulama, &c. from the Biafaras | |
| 500 | |a No 9. Extracts from the ship Hankey's log, to show that that ship was not sickly on her return to England, nor had been so for months before | ||
| 520 | |a Captain Philip Beaver's journal, originally published in 1805, recounts his attempt to establish a colony in West Africa with British settlers to demonstrate that cooperation between Africans and Europeans could supply the tropical produce provided by West Indian plantations, so proving the unhumanitarian transatlantic slave trade to be unnecessary. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2023). | ||
| 590 | |a JSTOR |b Books at JSTOR All Purchased | ||
| 590 | |a JSTOR |b Books at JSTOR Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Beaver, Philip, |d 1766-1813 |v Diaries |1 https://isni.org/isni/0000000080955720 |
| 651 | 0 | |a Bolama Island (Guinea-Bissau) |x Colonization |v Sources. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Bolama Island (Guinea-Bissau) |x Colonization. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Bolama Island (Guinea-Bissau) |x History |y 18th century. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bolton, Carol, |e editor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Brown, Christopher, |e editor. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Bolton, Carol |t Captain Philip Beaver's African Journal |d London : Anthem Press,c2023 |z 9781839983405 |
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