A geographical and commercial view of northern Central Africa (Registro nro. 119104)
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| LC control number | 05008623 |
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
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| Classification number | DT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | MacQueen, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1778-1870 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A geographical and commercial view of northern Central Africa |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2026-04-07 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by Google books) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "A geographical and commercial view of northern Central Africa" by James MacQueen is a geographical and economic treatise written in the early 19th century. It argues that the Niger and major eastern tributaries unite and empty into the Atlantic through the Bights of Benin and Biafra, and frames this claim within a plan for British-led inland commerce and gradual reform of slavery. Drawing on classical, Arabic, and recent travel sources, it surveys rivers, mountains, and trading states to support a practical program of exploration and trade.<br/><br/>The opening of the work presents a map, a dedication, and a Preface that explains the author’s long research—from Grenada-based conversations with Mandingo and Houssa informants and Park’s reports—to his conclusion that the Niger reaches the Atlantic via the Benin–Biafra delta. He criticizes rival theories (linking the Niger to the Egyptian Nile, ending in an interior lake, dying in sands, or joining the Congo), urges exploration by navigating the great delta rivers, and sketches a British commercial strategy coupled with gradual abolition; he adds notes on rice trade potential and dismisses sensational claims of cannibalism. Citing Bowditch, he highlights new evidence that an eastern river is navigable to Lake Fittre and likely joins the Niger near Yaoora. The first chapter then surveys ancient and Arabic geography (Ptolemy, Edrisi, Ibn-al-Vardi, Macrisi, Batouta, Leo Africanus), matching their lakes, mountain chains, and cities to modern names to show a west-running eastern river (the Gir) meeting the east-running Niger, which then turns south to the ocean. He identifies the Benin–Biafra delta—reinforced by historical salt-trade clues and proximity to Fernando Po—as the true outlet, situates key states (Melli/Maly, Kuku, Ghana/Cano, Bornou, Guber, Zegzeg) along these waterways, and stresses that misread names and distances have long obscured a coherent map of Central Africa. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1821 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Niger River |
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| Uncontrolled term | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa |
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| Uncontrolled term | Africa, West -- Geography |
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| Uncontrolled term | Great Britain -- Commerce -- Africa, West |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnmirt">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnmirt</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78384">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78384</a> |
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