Auction 358 Non European Civilizations - General
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(TUCKER, Ch.M.). Abbeokoeta; of: de dageraad tusschen de keerkringen: eene schets v.h. ontstaan en den vooruitgang der zending in Yorriba. Uit het Engelsch naar den 5e dr. vert., en tot op den jongsten tijd bijgewerkt d. T.M. Looman. Amst., H. Höveker, 1860. viii, 330, (6) pp. W. 3 maps (4 are erroneously mentioned on the ti.-p.), 2 cold. lithogr. and 8 full-p. wood-engr. Sm-8°. Or. blind stamped cl. (Bind. skilfully restored).

First and only edition of the expanded Dutch translation of 'Abbeokuta, or Sunrise within the tropics' by Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821-1893), translated and expanded by Theodorus Matthijs Looman (1816-1900). It is a description of Yorubaland, West Africa, and the Christian mission. With chapters on the slave trade, on the Muslim Fula people, the Niger-expedition, Abeokuta, etc.

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