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The Chevalier de Fréminville at Dakar (1822)
Notes africaines • (66) • Published In 1955 • Pages: HRAF MS: 18 [Original: 41-47 ]
By: Poix, Christophe Paulin de la (Chevalier de Fréminville), Winchell, Jean.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a section taken from the 'Mémoires du Chevalier de Fréminville (1787-1849)', collected by E. Herpin, Paris, Champion, 1913, with the addition of short notes intended to clarify the text. The writer recounts his experiences and observations of Dakar from April to May 1822. The kingdom of Dakar he mentions is very likely that of the Lebu people.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Observation in research
- External trade
- Settlement patterns
- Executive household
- Chief executive
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- 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
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Traveler
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Steffens ; 1964
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1822
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1822
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dakar
- NotesAdditional notes
- Christophe Paulin de la Poix, Chevalier de Fréminville
- Translation of: Le Chevalier de Fréminville a Dakar
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Jean Winchell
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54036170
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)