African Association

Japanese: アフリカ協会 - あふりかきょうかい
African Association

…James Bruce, a Scottish physician, discovered Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, in 1770. He conducted his exploration at his own expense, but it was not until 1788 that the Society for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa (abbreviated as the African Society) was founded in London that organized exploration at public expense began. The proponent of the founding of the society was Joseph Banks, a botanist who had accompanied J. Cook on his circumnavigation of the globe (1768-71). …

From the Niger River

…European knowledge of the Niger River was still poor in the mid-18th century, and even the best maps of the time showed it as a river rising in the east and flowing to the west, with the Senegal, Gambia, and Rio Grande (Corval) rivers on the Atlantic coast as its terminal tributaries. In 1788, the Society for Promoting Exploration in the Interior of Africa (abbreviated as the African Society) was founded in London, and Niger exploration got underway in earnest. The Society directed explorers from Egypt, then North Africa, and then the Atlantic coast to the interior. …

*Some of the glossaries that refer to the "African Association" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…スコットランドの医師ブルースJames Bruceは1770年に青ナイルの水源タナ湖を発見した。彼はその探検を私費で進めたが,公費による組織的な探検が始まるのは,88年ロンドンに〈アフリカ内陸部発見を促進する協会〉(略称アフリカ協会)が設立されてからである。協会の設立提唱者は,J.クックの世界周航(1768‐71)に同行して調査に当たったこともある植物学者バンクスJoseph Banksである。…

【ニジェール[川]】より

…ニジェール川についてのヨーロッパ人の知識は18世紀中葉においてもなお貧弱であり,当時の最良の地図でさえニジェール川を東に発して西に流れる川とみなし,大西洋岸のセネガル川,ガンビア川,リオ・グランデ(コルバル)川をその端末支流として描いている。1788年にロンドンに〈アフリカ内陸部の探検を促進する協会〉(略称アフリカ協会)が設立されて,ニジェール川探検は本格化した。協会は探検家をエジプト側から,ついで北アフリカから,さらに大西洋岸から内陸部に向かわせた。…

※「アフリカ協会」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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