book chapter

Letters from Th. V. Heuglin to Dr. Petermann (July, 1862 to January 1863)

Sudan notes and records24Published In 1941 • Pages: 145-166 [incomplete]

By: Heuglin, Theodor von.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a translation of a series of letters from Th. V. Heuglin to Dr. Petermann, first published in 1863. The letters are interesting because they describe some of the earliest travels by Europeans in the Sudan. A summary by Heuglin, of the information on the Azande known to him at the time, has been processed.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Azande
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1999
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Unknown
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
FML ; 1951
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
ca. 1860
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic; Africa
NotesAdditional notes
Th. V. Heuglin
This document consists of excerpts
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
unk83015138
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Zande (African people)