James MacQueen

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Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World

A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam

General Statistics of the British Empire

James MacQueen (1778-1870) was a British geographer fascinated by the problem of the River Niger. He set out to try to establish (on the basis of accounts by explorers, traders and missionaries), that one and the same river flowed continuously through Africa and into the Atlantic Ocean, thus challenging long-established beliefs that African rivers either disappeared into the sand or terminated in lakes. MacQueen documents his findings in this pioneering work, first published in 1821. Drawing on evidence from a range of authorities, he argues that previous misconceptions about the Niger had left Africa isolated from the civilised world, and shows how his discovery could open up trading opportunities between Africa and other countries, suggesting that contact with Europeans would lead to the eventual abolishment of the slave trade in the interior. This important study remains relevant to scholars of both geography and African history today.

Containing a Particular Account of the Course and Termination of the Great River Niger in the Atlantic Ocean

A Geographical and Commercial View of Northern Central Africa

Johann Ludwig Krapf

Charles William Isenberg

Detailing Their Proceedings in the Kingdom of Shoa, and Journeys in Other Parts of Abyssinia, in the Years 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842. : To which is Prefixed, A Geographical Memoir of Abyssinia and South-eastern Africa, by James M'Queen, Esq. Grounded on the Missionaries' Journals, and the Expedition of the Pacha of Egypt Up the Nile. : The Whole Illustrated by Two Maps, Engraved by Arrowsmith..

Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society,

James MacQueen

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