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Missionary anecdotes : in two parts : exhibiting I. the idolatry, superstition, and cruelty of the heathen in all ages, and II. the efficacy of the Gospel in their conversion, in the successive ages of the Christian era
Burder, George (1752-1832)
1821
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-O¹² P⁸ Printer statement from t.p. verso.
Le relationi universali di Giovanni Botero Benese, divise in sette parti : alle quali vi sono aggiunte nuouamente i Capitani dell'istesso auttore, con le Relationi di Spagna, del Stato della chiesa, & di Sauoia... con le figure, & due copiosissimi tauole. Inoltre vi s'aggiunge nell'ultimo un breue racconto di mostri, & usanze di quelle Indie, con le sue figure al naturale, d'Alessandro de Vecchi. Nuovamente ristampate, & ricorrette
Botero, Giovanni (1540-1617); Vecchi, Alessandro de (fl. 1602-1630)
1618
Part one, with general title page as above, is divided into two volumes separatly paged; the "Aggiunta alla quarta parte dell'Indie" and parts 2-7 have separate title-pages. Parts five and seven dat...
Africa, rise to challenge : towards a Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA)
Ọbasanjọ, Ọluṣẹgun (1937-); Mosha, Felix G N; Africa Leadership Forum
[1993], c1992
Includes bibliographical references.
L'Afrique et ses formes de vie spirituelle : actes du deuxième Colloque International, Kinshasa, 21-27 février 1983
Facultés catholiques de Kinshasa
1990
"Numéro spécial."
The Leadership challenge of economic reforms in Africa : fourth Conference, Africa Leadership Forum, held at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 28 and 29 September 1989
Orville, Hans d' (1949-)
[1989]
Edited by: Hans d'Orville.
shoes
A pair of leather sli- on type of shoes with a red leather insole and white leather outer, which is embroidered with four colours. There is a main motif on the upper part of the front of the shoe.
Anaphe silk combings
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Card box with glass cover, containing samples of Anaphe wild silk combings. Anaphe is raw silk. This genus of silkworm, which produces this variety of silk, is found especially in Uganda and other par...
Decolonising the mind : the politics of language in African literature
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo (1938-)
1986
Includes bibliographical references and index. Towards the universal language of struggle -- The language of African literature -- The language of African theatre -- The language of African fiction -...
A geographical historie of Africa, written in Arabicke and Italian by Iohn Leo a More, borne in Granada, and brought up in Barbarie. Wherein he hath at large described, not onely the qualities, situations, and true distances of the regions, cities, townes, mountaines, rivers, and other places throughout all the north and principall partes of Africa; but also the descents and families of their kings... gathered partly out of his owne diligent observations, and partly out of the ancient records and chronicles of the Arabians and Mores. Before which, out of the best ancient and moderne writers, is prefixed a generall description of Africa, and also a particular treatise of all the maine lands and isles undescribed by Iohn Leo. ... Translated and collected by Iohn Pory, lately of Gonevill and Caius College in Cambridge
Leo Africanus (1492-1550); Pory, John (1572-1636)
1600
A translation of: Della descrittione dell'Africa. Signature P is omitted from the register, but there is no gap in the pagination and nothing is wanting from the text. Printer's name from STC. "...
Voyages de... Lédyard et Lucas en Afrique, entrepris et publiés par ordre de la Société anglaise d'Afrique : avec le plan de fondation de cette société ... suivis d'extraits de Voyages faits à la rivière de Gambie, par ordre de la Compagnie anglaise d'Afrique, et d'un mémoire écrit sous le règne de Charles II, concernant la grande quantité d'or qu'on trouve près de cette rivière ... Traduit de l'anglais par A.J.N. Lallemant ... [etc.] (v.1)
Lallemant, A J N; Lucas, William (fl. 1789); Moore, Francis (fl. 1744); Ledyard, John (1751-1789); Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa
an XII (1804)
Pagination is continuous. "Suivis d'extraits de voyages faits à la rivière de Gambie, par ordre de la Compagnie anglaise d'Afrique, et d'un Mémoire écrit sous le regne de Charles II, concernant ...
Voyages de... Lédyard et Lucas en Afrique, entrepris et publiés par ordre de la Société anglaise d'Afrique : avec le plan de fondation de cette société ... suivis d'extraits de Voyages faits à la rivière de Gambie, par ordre de la Compagnie anglaise d'Afrique, et d'un mémoire écrit sous le règne de Charles II, concernant la grande quantité d'or qu'on trouve près de cette rivière ... Traduit de l'anglais par A.J.N. Lallemant ... [etc.] (v.2)
Lallemant, A J N; Lucas, William (fl. 1789); Moore, Francis (fl. 1744); Ledyard, John (1751-1789); Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa
an XII (1804)
Pagination is continuous. "Suivis d'extraits de voyages faits à la rivière de Gambie, par ordre de la Compagnie anglaise d'Afrique, et d'un Mémoire écrit sous le regne de Charles II, concernant ...