Travel sketches from Liberia : : Johann Büttikofer's 19th century rainforest explorations in West Africa : annotated English edition / / edited by Henk Dop, Phillip T. Robinson.
In the 1880's a Swiss-born biologist, Johann Büttikofer, while working for the Royal Museum of Natural History in Leiden, The Netherlands, carried out two extended expeditions to Liberia, West Africa. In 1890 he published the results of his work in German in two-volumes, entitled Reisebilder au...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Annotated English ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sources for African history,
v. 5 Sources for African History 5. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (917 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Other title: | Reisebilder aus Liberia. |
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| Summary: | In the 1880's a Swiss-born biologist, Johann Büttikofer, while working for the Royal Museum of Natural History in Leiden, The Netherlands, carried out two extended expeditions to Liberia, West Africa. In 1890 he published the results of his work in German in two-volumes, entitled Reisebilder aus Liberia (Travel Sketches from Liberia). Büttikofer worked extensively in the forested regions of coastal Liberia and made the acquaintance of many prominent Liberians and other personalities of that era. His zoological work there is actually exceeded by his detailed descriptions of the state of Liberia some 50 years following its colonization by freed American slaves and their descendants. It constitutes the first comprehensive monograph on the Republic of Liberia. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283717085 9004236309 |
| ISSN: | 1570-8721 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Henk Dop, Phillip T. Robinson. |