Holdings in the Afriterra Collection
The Afriterra collection of antique books is not yet included in the online Catalog. Our Digitial Initiative includes plans to integrate the books collection into the Catalog database, but that phase of the project is not yet funded. We have begun the process of applying for federal and private grants to complete Afriterra's Digital Initiative projects, but if you have any information about potential sources of research funding please contact us.
The following is a small sampling of the original books in the Afriterra collection:
| Author | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Strabo | 1480 | Geographia |
| Herodotus | 1502 | Historia |
| Alvares | 1520 | Ethiopia |
| Ptolemy | 1535 | Geographica |
| Leo Africanus | 1556 | Historiale de Afrique |
| Alpini | 1591 | De Plantis Aegypti |
| Pigafetta | 1591 | Descriptio di Congo |
| Debry | 1598 | Descriptio di Congo |
| Jobson | 1623 | Discovery Gambia |
| Ogilby | 1670 | Africa |
| Ludolphus | 1682 | Historie of Ethiopia |
| Bosman | 1705 | Description of Guinea |
| Lobo | 1728 | Abyssinia |
| Kolbe | 1727 | Cape of Good Hope |
| Barbot | 1732 | Description Guinea |
| Snelgrave | 1734 | Guinea |
| Astley | 1745 | History Voyages |
| Norden | 1754 | Travels Egypt |
| Sparrman | 1779 | S. Africa |
| Benezet | 1771 | Hist. Account Guinea |
| Levaillant | 1790 | Interieur d'Afrique |
| Bruce | 1790 | Source of the Nile |
| Renell | 1793 | Geography Africa |
| Park | 1799 | Interior of Africa |
| Barrow | 1801 | Interior of S. Africa |
| Tuckey | 1818 | River Zaire |
| Bowditch | 1819 | Ashante |
| Mollien | 1820 | Senegal..Gambia |
| Denham-Clapp. | 1826 | Central Africa |
| Caille | 1830 | Travel to Timbuctoo |
| Lander | 1832 | Course of Niger |
| Santarem | 1842 | Research..Occ..Africa |
| Barth | 1857 | Riesen..Africa |
| Speke | 1863 | Source of Nile |
| Burton | 1865 | Gelele of Dahomey |
| Baker | 1866 | Nile Basin |
| Livingstone | 1866 | Exped. of Zambezi |
| Kinglsey | 1897 | West Africa |
| Budge | 1898 | Book of the Dead |