the Guinean countries after 1889

The Basic lines of structure of territory at gulf of Guinea were known till 1889, here again, contrary to Northeast Africa, the pioneer-traveller especially had no place to be developed already. We, however, will include in frameworks of area considered in this section not only the Guinean countries in narrow sense of this word, but also a watershed between Nile and Congo as its research went from Guinean having filled in?. At first we will be engaged in Nigeria and areas to the east from it, we will pass to Cameroon and we will finish our review consideration of a problem Nile-Congo.

Consolidation of English influence on territories of present Nigeria went in many respects the same by, as in Uganda. Beginning business the trading company, aspiring to achieve economic privileges, here again the English government has again tarried with acceptance on itself of the leading part. Thomson has made much to strengthen English influence in this area, and George Goldi's subsequent enterprise has definitively fixed this area to England. As a result, when in the beginning of considered period Mizon has made swimming upwards across Niger to grasp it hinterland for France, it has suffered utter defeat. In the same years (1890) McDonald and Mokler-Ferriman have started shooting of Niger and its many inflows, and Golvej has done next year similar work on the river Benue up to its source.

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