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Author Hopkins, Daniel.

Title Peter Thonning and Denmark's Guinea Commission [electronic resource] : a study in nineteenth-century African colonial geography / by Daniel Hopkins.

Imprint Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 743 p. : ill., map.
Series Atlantic world : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, 1570-0542 ; v. 24
Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 24.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. I. Early colonial experiments -- pt. II. Science and colonialism : Peter Thonning's expedition -- pt. III. Colonial developments during the Napoleonic Wars and the ensuing depression -- pt. IV. Renewed interest in African colonialism in Copenhagen -- pt. V. Conflicting views of the colonial world : the Guinea Commission and the closing of an era.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Thonning, Peter, 1775-1848.
Africa -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004228689 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004231993 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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