This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. I pray you who may come across this book to distinguish carefully between the part of it written by others and that written by me. Kingsley was born in islington, london on october 1862, the daughter and oldest child of doctor, traveler, and writer george kingsley and mary bailey. West african studies by mary henrietta kingsley free ebook. Regarding a voyage on a west coast boat, with some observations on the natural history of mariners never before published. Cambridge core african history west african studies by mary kingsley. Publication date 1899 topics ethnology publisher london. Trade goods used in the early trade with africa as given by barbot and other writers of the seventeenth century.
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Mary henrietta kingsley october 1862 3 june 1900 was an english ethnographer, scientific writer, and explorer whose travels throughout west africa and resulting work helped shape european perceptions of african cultures and british imperialism. A voyage to the african oil rivers twentyfive years ago. Mary kingsley 18621900 is one of the best known victorian women travellers, whose solo adventures in west africa made her a celebrity in england. Levtzion, nehemia muslims and chiefs in west africa. This, her second book, published in 1899, was an instant bestseller.
West african studies by mary kingsley cambridge university press. West african studies by mary kingsley cambridge core. She was the daughter of george kingsley himself a travel writer and mary bailey, and the niece of charles kingsley. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Selected internet resources about history electronic books. Project gutenbergs west african studies, by mary henrietta kingsley this ebook is for. Though some argue this is likely on the grounds that her. Mary henrietta kingsley october 1862 3 june 1900 was. Travels in west africa 1897, which was an immediate bestseller, and west african studies 1899, both of which granted her vast respect and prestige within the scholarly community. Mary kingsley as cultural intermediary christopher l. Mary henrietta kingsley october, 1862 june 3, 1900 was an english writer and explorer who greatly influenced european ideas about africa and african people kingsley was born in islington. Publication date 1899 topics ethnology africa, west, africa, west description and travel publisher london. The project gutenberg ebook of west african studies, by mary h. A short description of the natives of the niger coast protectorate, by m.