[AFRICA] Anne RAFFENEL - Nouveau voyage dans le pays des Nèg - Lot 369

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[AFRICA] Anne RAFFENEL - Nouveau voyage dans le pays des Nèg - Lot 369
[AFRICA] Anne RAFFENEL - Nouveau voyage dans le pays des Nègres suivi d'études sur la colonie du Sénégal et de documents historiques, géographiques et scientifiques. Executed by order of the government and published with the authorization of His Excellency the Minister of the Navy. Paris Napoléon Chaix, 1856. 2 volumes bound in 1 vol. in-8° : [4], xv, xxii, [2 bl.], 502, [2 bl.], 503-512; [4], ii, 456 pp. 21 pl. and 1 map. Scattered foxing and browning, small marginal loss reaching 2 ff. of T. II. Contemporary half-bottle green chagrin boards, gilt edges. Slight scuffing. First edition of this important account of exploration in Senegambia and western Sudan. Charged by the French government with an ambitious project to cross the African continent from west to east, from Senegal to the Indian Ocean via Niger and Sokoto, Anne Raffenel had to abandon the venture after being detained for several months by the Bambara and without reaching Niger. Published ten years after the voyage, this work goes beyond a simple account of the itinerary: the first volume retraces the expedition, while the second brings together substantial studies on the colony of Senegal, its history, populations, customs and French presence. The main interest of the whole lies in its rich ethnographic, historical and linguistic documentation. In particular, Raffenel records oral traditions and observations on the Peul of Fouta-Toro and Massina, the Bambara and the Arma, as well as data on physical geography and a study of the Arma language. The fold-out map, based on the author's observations and the most recent geographical sources, completes the itineraries of Senegambia and Sudan given in the appendix. Ref. BNF, FRBNF40592749.
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