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The Penetration of Africa: European Enterprise and Exploration Principally in Northern and Western Africa up to 1830 book cover

1st Edition

The Penetration of Africa European Enterprise and Exploration Principally in Northern and Western Africa up to 1830

By Robin Hallett Copyright 1965
482 Pages
by Routledge

In 1750, most of the interior of Africa was unknown to Europeans. By 1830 a large part of the northern half of Africa had been visited and described by European explorers. First published in 1965, The Penetration of Africa , which is based in part on hitherto unpublished material, traces the exciting story of this movement of penetration and attempts to set it in the perspective both of European... Read more

Preface Part 1: The African Setting 1. Background 2. The states of northern and western Africa in the eighteenth century 3. African ideas about Europe Part 2: Europe’s Knowledge of Africa in the Eighteenth century 1. Popular conceptions 2. Sahara and Sudan 3. Guinea 4. Avenues into the interior 5. Western Africa 6. Explorers without renown 7. Other parts of Africa 8. The causes of ignorance Part 3: The Bonds of Intercourse 1. Fundamentals 2. The curiosity of the age 3. The influence of great men 4. The anti-slavery movement 5. The interest of Europe Part 4: The Age of the African Association—I 1788–1802 1. The first years: 1788–90 2. The approach from the west: 1790 – 99 3. The approach from the north: 1797–1802 4. The enterprise of others 5. The African association’s achievement Part 5: The Roots of Imperialism 1. Exploration and imperialism 2. France and Africa 3. Spain and Morocco 4. Britain and the Niger 5. Britain and the west coast Part 6: The Age of the African Association—II 1802–15 1. The African association: 1802–15 2. The approach from the South 3. The Eastern Sudan 4. German travellers in North Africa 5. Ethiopia 6. 1815

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