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Peter Thonning and Denmark's Commission: A Study in Nineteenth Century African Colonial Geography (The Atlantic World - Europe, Africa and the Americas 1500-1830 series)series)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Brill |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Publication Place: | Leiden, NL |
| ISBN: | 9789004228689 |
| Book ID: | 026717 |
| Catalogue(s): | History - Africa and the Middle East |
xvi, 744pp, with a scattering of maps and black and white illustrations in text. In printed card covers, illustrated. 8vo. Gently bumped at spine ends. Minor bump affecting the extreme upper corner of a dozen or so pages. Some annotations on rear free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A monumental work on the colonial history of Danish Guinea - what is now largely Ghana - covering topics such as The Guinea Commission and Isert's Colonial Expediation of 1788; Denmark's Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade; Peter Thonning's African Sojourn; Plantation Experiments; Conflicting Colonial Schemes in the early 19th Century and Denmark's Withdrawal from the Guinea Coast of Africa.
