Cape Verde

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Schneider ◽  
Vanessa Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Volcanic Islands

Cape Verde (officially known as the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of sub-tropical and volcanic islands in the north Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, approximately 664 kilometres (km) from Dakar, Senegal. The islands were first colonized by the Portuguese in 1462 and were an important part of the transatlantic slave route, where slaves were brought to the islands from West Africa, until the abolishment of the slave trade in 1876. Until 1879, Cape Verde was part of Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) and was incorporated as an overseas department of Portugal in 1951. The islands continued to campaign for independence which was peacefully achieved in 1975. Since the early 1990s, Cape Verde has been a stable representative democracy and remains one of the most developed and democratic countries in Africa.

Ghana

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Schneider ◽  
Vanessa Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The West ◽  
Artificial Reservoir ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
The Republic

The Republic of Ghana is a country located on the west coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Togo. Ghana has a total area of 238,535 square kilometres (km), a coastline of 539 km in length, and a population of 29.6 million. Ghana is home to Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world in terms of surface area, situated approximately 200 km from Ghana’s border with Burkina Faso.

Gambia (The)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Schneider ◽  
Vanessa Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
The Republic

The Gambia, officially known as the Republic of Gambia, is the smallest country in Africa, with a total area of 11,295 square kilometres (km) and with a population of 2.101 million. The Gambia has an 80 km coastline bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and geographically surrounded by Senegal by land and Cape Verde by sea. Banjul, the capital, and Serekunda, the largest city, are located at the mouth of the Gambia River along the Atlantic Coast. Official working hours are 0800 to 1600 from Monday to Friday and 0800 to 1230 on Fridays. The currency in Gambia is the Gambian dalasi (GMD) and the country is primarily a cash-based economy.

On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Hydroidolina) from the west coast of Sweden, with a checklist of species from the region

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3171 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DALE R. CALDER
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
West Coast ◽  
New Genus ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
Small Collection ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Subjective Synonym

An account is given of 48 species identified in a small collection of hydroids from the west coast of Sweden. Assigned to39 genera and 18 families, most are well-known from boreal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Campanulina paniculaG.O. Sars, 1874 is referred to Racemoramus, a new genus of leptothecates distinguished in part by having monopodialgrowth, rigid and non-segmented hydrocauli, and grape-like clusters of hydrothecae that arise at irregular intervals fromthe stem. The name Sertularia dumosa (now Lafoea dumosa) is taken to have been made available by Fleming (1820), notFleming (1828). As such, it is not threatened by a virtually unused subjective synonym (Lafoea cornuta Lamouroux,1821). Aselomaris michaeli Berrill, 1948 and Rhizorhagium navis Millard, 1959 are regarded as synonyms and combinedunder the binomen Pachycordyle michaeli (Berrill, 1948). Confusion in the literature over the identity of Sertularia teneraG.O. Sars, 1874 is addressed, and distinctive characters of the species are discussed. A species often misidentified as S.tenera is assigned to Sertularia spitzbergensis (Jäderholm, 1909); the name spitzbergensis is elevated in rank from sub-specific to specific, and assigned priority over its simultaneous synonym siberica Jäderholm, 1909 under the First ReviserPrinciple. Gonothecae of Clytia gigantea (Hincks, 1866) (type locality: Lamlash Bay, UK) are reported for the first timein material from Europe. Although much like Clytia hemisphaerica, this species is retained as valid due to its remarkablyrobust colony form, elongate and gradually tapered hydrothecae, and linguiform rather than wavy or pointed marginalcusps. Eudendrium album Nutting, 1896, Pachycordyle michaeli (Berrill, 1948), and the hydroid stage of Halitholus cir-ratus Hartlaub, 1913 are reported for the first time from the study area. A checklist of hydroids from the study area is included.

National Report for Cameroon

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Informal Sector ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
The West ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Lake Chad ◽  
The North ◽  
East Lake ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Common Misunderstanding

Cameroon is a developing country with an extensive informal sector and a population of approximately 20 million people. There is a common misunderstanding about the location of Cameroon. While many think it is located on the west coast of Africa, it is rather located in central Africa bordered by Nigeria to the west, Chad and the Central African Republic to the east, Lake Chad to the north and the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to the south.

Liberia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Schneider ◽  
Vanessa Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Capital City ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

Liberia is situated in the southern part of West Africa on the North Atlantic Ocean, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast, covering an area of 111,369 square kilometres (km) with a population of 4,958,454. The majority of the population live in the Montserrado county and home to the capital city of Monrovia, with approximately 25 per cent of the Liberian population living in greater Monrovia. Monrovia is the capital and most populous city in Liberia and has the largest artificial port in West Africa. Typically, business hours are Monday to Friday from 0800 to 1700 with banks closing at 1500. The official currency of Liberia is the Liberian dollar (LRD).

Andrew Beveridge Curror (1811–1844): collecting natural history specimens while preventing the slave trade along the west coast of Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 436 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
ESTRELA FIGUEIREDO ◽  
GIDEON F. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
West Africa ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
Royal Navy ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
The West ◽  
Biographical Information ◽  
Strong Interest ◽  
Plant Names

For nine years, from 1835 until his death, the British-born Andrew Beveridge Curror (27 October 1811–11 July 1844) served as surgeon on different ships of the British Royal Navy. From 1839 he sailed on ships of the West Africa Squadron, which aimed at the curtailment of the slave trade along Africa’s west coast. Curror additionally had a strong interest in natural history and collected from continental Africa and Atlantic islands what would become the type specimens of several plant names. We provide biographical information on Curror and an analysis and appreciation of his collecting activities. We additionally provide a list of Curror’s collections that could be located.

Studies in North Atlantic Geology and Palaeontology: 1. Upper Cretaceous

1964 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 421-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Funnell
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Upper Maastrichtian

AbstractAn Upper Maastrichtian assemblage of planktonic foraminifera is recorded from chalk dredged from Galicia Bank, a non–magnetic seamount off the west coast of Spain. The occurrence and distribution of Upper Cretaceous sediments and fossils in the North Atlantic is reviewed, and their significance for the palaeogeography of the North Atlantic during the Upper Cretaceous is considered.

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