The Farther Frontier

Six Case Studies of Americans and Africa, 1848-1936

• Author(s): Lysle E. Meyer,
• Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
• Pages: 267
• ISBN_10: 0945636199
  ISBN_13: 9780945636199
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Africa / General , History / Africa / Central , History / World , Social Science / General , Travel / Africa / General ,

Description:... A surprising number of Americans were involved with the so-called Dark Continent during the period when Western penetration led to conquest and colonial rule. The six Americans discussed are: Thomas Jefferson Bowen, who established the first American mission posts in Yorubaland; writer-explorer Paul du Chaillu; soldier-explorer Charles Chaille-Long; diplomat Henry Shelton Sanford; mining engineer John Hays Hammond; and taxidermist Carl Akeley. Illustrated.