Africa and the American flag

Collection Data

Names
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863 (Author)
Forbes, Frederick E. (Frederick Edwyn) (Illustrator)
D. Appleton and Company (Publisher)
Sarony & Co (Lithographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1854
Place: New York
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 966-F (Foote, A. H. Africa and the American flag)
Topics
Slave trade -- Africa, West
Africa, West -- Description and travel
Liberia -- History
Genres
Books
Illustrations
Notes
Statement of responsibility: by Commander Andrew H. Foote, U.S. Navy, Lieut. commanding U.S. Brig Perry on the coast of Africa, A.D. 1850-1851.
Content: Frontispiece included in pagination.
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by D. Appleton & Company, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court on the United States for the Southern District of New York."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
Content: Leaves of plates with illustrations signed: "F.E. Forbes, delt.", "Lith. of Sarony & Co. N.Y." Leaf of plates with map signed: "J.J. Adamson, del." "Lith. of Sarony & Co. N.Y."
Content: Publisher's advertisements, final [18] p.
Acquisition: Sc 966-F Purchase; Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926; B526898. NN
Ownership: Copy in Sc 966-F (accession no. B526898) with the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 390, [18] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustartions , map ; 20 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 05014638
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR5527869-B
RLIN/OCLC: 5527869B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11722850
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8ba50a30-2048-0138-da03-0b35bb8dc622
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