Record Liberia / by Sir Harry Johnston. With an appendix on the flora of Liberia, by Dr. Otto Stapf; 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, Capt. H.D. Pearson, R.E., Lieut. E.W. Cox, R.E., and the author | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

Liberia / by Sir Harry Johnston. With an appendix on the flora of Liberia, by Dr. Otto Stapf; 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, Capt. H.D. Pearson, R.E., Lieut. E.W. Cox, R.E., and the author

Illustrator:: Johnston, Harry 1858-1927 Search this; Smith, Matilda 1854-1926 Search this

Former owner:: Nottingham Subscription Library, Bromley House DSI Search this

Writer of supplementary textual content:: Stapf, O (Otto) 1857-1933 Search this

Cartographer:: Addison, J. W. Search this; Pearson, Hugh Drummond 1873-1922 Search this; Cox. E. W Lieut. Search this

Author:: Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI Search this

Physical description:: 2 volumes : illustrations (including portraits, maps) 28 color plates (including frontispieces, portrait) 4 folded maps ; 25 cm

Notes:: Paged continuously; volume 1: xxviii, 519, [1] pages; volume 2: xvi, 521-1183 pages.; End-papers illustrated in colors.; 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].; SCNHRB copies 39088011385390, 5432 have bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The Russell E. Train Africana Collection.; Former owner: Nottingham Subscription Library, Bromley House (bookplate); Publisher's pictorial black cloth binding, gilt.

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

Topic:: Natural history Search this; Botany Search this; Vai language Search this; Languages Search this