BIBLIOGRAPHY 



THE following list of books will be of use to students of Liberia, 

 and some of them constitute the principal authorities for 

 statements made by the author when not writing from his own 

 experience or researches : 



I. History of Liberia down to 1822 



A History of Ancient Geography, 2 vols., by Sir E. H. Bunbury, 2nd 

 edition, 1883. 



Prince Henry the Navigator, by Charles Raymond Beazley, 1895. 



The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guifiea. Translated 

 from the Portuguese by Gomez Eannes de Azurara, by C. R. Beazley and 

 Edgar Prestage. (Hakluyt Society : with a very valuable introduction on the 

 history of early African exploration, etc., by C. R. Beazley.) 2 vols. 1899. 



Chronica do Descobrimento e Conquista de Guine, pelo chronista Gomez 

 Eannes de Azurara (edition Visconde de Santarem, 1 841).— It is useful to 

 scan the Portuguese version as well as the English translation in regard to 

 the spelling of place names. 



Relation des Voyages a la Cote accident ale d''Afrique d'Aloise de Ca' 

 da Mosto, 1455-7. Publiee par M. Charles Schefer, 1895. Paris. — The cele- 

 brated Italian geographer, Ramusio, published several sumptuous works at 

 Venice about 1550 on the voyages of Ca' da Mosto and others. All or 

 nearly all the editions of this Italian work may be seen at the British 

 Museum Library. As in the case of the above-mentioned Portuguese works, 

 it is interesting to see the Italian version for the checking of place names. 



Conside'ration sur la Priorite des Decouvertes maritimes sur la Cote 

 occidetttale d'Afrique aux XIV' et XV' Siecles, par L. G. Binger (published 

 by the Comite de I'Afrique fran^~aise, Nos. 4, 5, and 6 oi Kenseignenients 

 coloniaux for April, May, and June, 1904). — This is a most valuable 

 summary of all the evidence dealing with the Norman voyages to Liberia. 

 It also contains a subsidiary bibliography of the fullest description. 



Memoria Sobre a Prioridade dos Descobrimentos Portuguezes na Costa 

 d'' Africa Occidental, pelo Visconde de Santarem, 1841. 



Revista Portugiieza Colonial e Maritima, Lisbon, May 20th, 1898. 



Les derniers Jours de la Marine a Rames, by Admiral Jurien de la 

 Graviere, Paris, 1885. 



Les Marins du XV et du XVP Siecles, 2 vols,, by Admiral Jurien de la 

 Graviere, Paris, 1879. 



