Seth, Ronald. Milestones in African history. [electronic resource] . — [1st ed.].. — Philadelphia, : Chilton Book Co., [1969]. — 150 p. : illus., map, ports. 21 cm. — (Milestones in history series).
The cradle of mankind -- The earliest writing (about 400 B.C.) -- The traders of Carthage (814-146 B.C.) -- Alexandria, the center of learning (332 B.C.- A.D. 429) -- Islam takes over North Africa (640-1492) -- The coming of the Europeans (1418-1508) -- To the Fish River: the beginnings (1652-1778)-- The Lion of Judah (945 B.C. - A.D. 1622) -- Mungo Park explores the Niger River (1795-1862) -- The source of the Nile 1856-1862)-- Livingstone and the missionaries (1840-1973) -- The founding of Liberia (1822) -- The Europeans in Egypt (1798-1882) -- The Boer War (1899-1902) -- Cecil Rhodes, the man with a dream (1853-1902) -- The winds of change (1950).
Анотація: This book focuses mostly on the older Eurocentric view of Africa, but nonetheless provides some good information about those topics that it deals with, including the Boer War, and some of the most well known European explorers of the continent.