. The story of Africa and its explorers. Comber, likehis future colleague in exploration, had beena missionary in the Cameroons, part of whichcountry—that back from the Cameroon Peak—he had travelled over.* When the BaptistMissionary Society selected the Congo Riveras the scene of their missionary efforts, thefirst aim of Mr. Comber and Mr. Grenfell * ProccrdiiKjH, Royal Grinj. SuHtiy, 187,», p. 225. was, we have seen, to reach Stanley Pool, incase the Jesuit priests might anticipate them-Before doing so, however, the twomissionaries were directed to visit JSe BaptiSthe capital of the old Cone
. The story of Africa and its explorers. Comber, likehis future colleague in exploration, had beena missionary in the Cameroons, part of whichcountry—that back from the Cameroon Peak—he had travelled over.* When the BaptistMissionary Society selected the Congo Riveras the scene of their missionary efforts, thefirst aim of Mr. Comber and Mr. Grenfell * ProccrdiiKjH, Royal Grinj. SuHtiy, 187,», p. 225. was, we have seen, to reach Stanley Pool, incase the Jesuit priests might anticipate them-Before doing so, however, the twomissionaries were directed to visit JSe BaptiSthe capital of the old Coneo kinsr- missionaries: 1 \ ^ I- I- -, -, ^ San Salvador dom, the greatness of which had and the old been so exaggerated by the Portu- aim. ^^guese and Italian padres of anearlier The capital of this country,which is south of the Congo River, was Am-bassi, which, on the facile conversion of theking to Christianity at the beginning of thesixteenth century, was changed by the Portu-guese to San Salvador. Proselytes are affirmed. REV. GEORGE GRENFELL. (From a Photograpli by T. Leiois, Bimingham.) to have increased so rapidly that in 1534there were a cathedral and several churchesin the town, and a bishop presiding over thefaithful. Thirty-six years later, in the in-cursions of the Jaggas, Giagas, or Yakas (, p. 116), probably wandering Zulus, whomurdered and destroyed everything, the cityof San Salvador was ruined, and the king,court, and clergy had to take refuge onone of the islands in the Congo, from which f Pigafetta, Relatione del Eeaume di Congo et dellecirconvicaine con trade, etc. (irjitl) ; Odoardo Lopez,Report of the Kingdorae of Congo, a Region of Africa,etc., translated by Abraham Hartwell (151)7) ; De Tovai,• Mission Evangelica al Regno de Congo (1649), etc. 12( THE STORY OF AFRICA.
Size: 1487px × 1681px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1892
