Contents
Note to the Reader
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Into Africa
1. Encountering the African
Some Medieval Formulations
The African In-Between
2. Expansion and the Contours of Africa
Routes, Histories, and Chronicles
Strangeness under the Imperial Sun
Africa and the Imagination
3. The Monster of Melancholy
Adamastor melancholicus
The Masculine Ship
The Devil's Map
Notes
Works Cited
Index