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Signalling Beliefs in Ogilby's AFRICA: Representations of Religion and Group Identities in West-Central Africa

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McGill, Michael Timothy, Thesis advisor (ths): Elbl, Ivana, Degree committee member (dgc): Keefer, Katrina, Degree committee member (dgc): Siena, Kevin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This study analyzes Christian European perceptions of group identity and beliefs in early modern geographic literature, as exemplified by John Ogilby's Africa (1670), a selective translation of Olfert Dapper's 1668 work, and its descriptions of West-Central Africa. Ogilby's work, congruently with contemporary geographic literature, employed the Christian religion as a key… more