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100			_aPakenham, Thomas.
245		4	_aThe scramble for Africa
260			_aNew York _bRandom House _c1991
300			_axxvii, 738 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 697-703) and index.
520			_aIn 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest-10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects-had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the names of Commerce, Christianity, 'Civillization and Conquest.
650			_aAfrica-History-To 1884.
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