Discovery of River Gambra (1623) (Hakluyt Society, Third Series) - Hardcover

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Jobson, Richard

 
9780904180640: Discovery of River Gambra (1623) (Hakluyt Society, Third Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0904180646 ISBN 13: 9780904180640
Verlag: Hakluyt Society, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

In 1623 Richard Jobson published an account of a 1620-1621 English voyage up River Gambra, during which a party, led by himself, penetrated to a point some 460 miles up-river. The purpose of the voyage was to make contact with the gold trade of the West African interior, but in this there was little success. However, Jobson’s account of the river, its commerce, natural history, peoples, religions and polities, was the earliest to appear in print, in this fullness of detail, in any language. It was also the earliest detailed account of any part of Black Africa, by an Englishman. Jobson’s account, almost entirely original, has special interest in its author’s observations on the African scene, particularly those on the African peoples and individuals encountered. Jobson discusses such topics as local agriculture and trade, the role of Islam, political culture, and the position of women. Despite the limits of his experience, his observations are seemingly accurate and generally perceptive, as well as being (perhaps unexpectedly) often tolerant and even sympathetic.

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Richard Jobson, David P. Gamble and P.E.H. Hair

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Verlag
Hakluyt Society
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0904180646
ISBN 13 
9780904180640
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
368
Herausgeber
Gamble David
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