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BOOK 1. 
DISCOVERIES AND TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR 
OF AFRICA. 
CHAPTER I. 
DISCOVERIES OF THE PORTUGUESE, AND TRAVELS 
IN CONGO. 
Early Voyage along the Western Coast.— Pr ester John, — Esta- 
blishment at Arguin. — Ex'pedition to the Senegal. — Early Ac- 
counts of Tomhuctoo and Jenne. — Disco'very of, and Voyage 
up the Congo, hy Diego Cam. — Conversion of the Monarch to 
Christianity. — Missions to the Upper Part of the Congo. — 
Batta. — Pango. — Sundi. — Esseno. — Concohella. — Mission to 
Matamha ; Zingha, — To Maopongo. — Voyage of Carli. — Cff 
Merrolla. — Of Battel.-^De Grandpre. — Descriptions, bymri- 
ous Authors, of the Origin and Course of the Congo, 
The spirit of discovery, and of maritime enter- 
prise, which had lain dormant in Europe during 
the long series of the middle ages, burst forth, in 
the fifteenth century, with an energy almost un- 
paralleled. It is remarkable also, that, among all 
