- Time-span
- 1540 - 1921
- Subscription Type
- SUBSCRIPTION
- Publisher
- Readex / NewsBank
- Languages
- English
- Resource Types
- E-Books and E-Texts
- Description
- Archival collection of books, pamphlets, almanacs, broadsides and ephemera covering the history, peoples, and social and economic development of the African continent from the 16th century to the early 20th century, drawn from the holdings of the Library Company of Philadelphia. All areas of Africa and adjacent regions are covered. Collection includes historical narratives, social histories, maps, navigational logs, military reports, government documents, demographic studies, anthropological studies, natural histories, personal and personal memoirs.