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Paul Du Chaillu was a French anthropologist. He was born in 1835 at Paris and died in 1903. He spent his youth in the French settlement at the Gabon, on the west coast of Africa, where his father was a merchant. In 1852 he went to the United States, of which he afterwards became a naturalized citizen. In 1855 he began his first journey through Western Africa, and spent until 1859 alone among the different tribes, travelling on foot upwards of 8000 miles. He collected several gorillas, never before hunted, and rarely, if ever, before seen by any European. The result of this journey was published in 1861.
A second expedition was made in 1863, an account of which, under the title A Journey to Ashango Land, appeared in 1867. Tho Land of the Midnight Sun, an account of a tour in Northern Europe (1881), had considerable success. He published a number of books intended for youth, and based on his travels. One of his works is the Viking Age (1889), on the ancestors of the English-speaking peoples. Research Paul Du Chaillu
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an organisation created in 1960 to unify and co-ordinate the petroleum policies of member countries and to protect their interests, individually and collectively. Present members are Algeria, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Venezuela. OPEC was not of great importance until the early 1970s, when increased international demand made oil a relatively scarce commodity. In 1973 to 1974 OPEC brought about a four-fold increase in the international price of crude petroleum to more than $11 per barrel; the price exceeded $30 per barrel by the early 1980s, helping to fuel inflation in many industrialised nations. Subsequently, the combined effects of conservation and recession in the oil- consuming nations weakened the oil market, leading to sharp declines both in petroleum prices and in OPEC's political and economic influence. OPEC's attempts to stabilise prices by limiting production during the second half of the decade were thwarted by some member countries, which exceeded their production quotas in order to pay for military equipment or to finance expansion programs undertaken during the boom years earlier. Iraq's take- over of Kuwait in 1990 temporarily disrupted the oil markets, but the price gradually dropped to a pre- invasion level of about $20 a barrel. Research Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
SAG is an abbreviation for Salaried Artists Ginger Group
SAG is an abbreviation for Screen Actor's Guild
SAG is an abbreviation for Scandinavian Society of Geneticists
SAG is an abbreviation for Schweizerische Astronomische Gesellschaft
SAG is an abbreviation for Shell Aviation Guinee
SAG is an abbreviation for Societe Agricole de Guinee
SAG is an abbreviation for Societe Agricole du Gabon
SAG is an abbreviation for Science Analysis Group Research SAG
GA is an abbreviation for Gabon
GA is an abbreviation for Gamblers Anonymous
GA is an abbreviation for General Assembly
GA is an abbreviation for General Average
GA is an abbreviation for General of the Army
GA is an abbreviation for Georgia
GA is an abbreviation for General Agent Research GA
The Gabonese Republic is a country in central Africa with a total area of 267,670 km2. The climate is tropical, always hot and humid. The terrain consists of a narrow coastal plain; hilly interior and savannah in the east and south. Natural resources are crude oil, manganese, uranium, gold, timber and iron ore. The religion is 55-75% Christian, less than 1% Muslim with the remainder animist. The official language is French with Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira and Bandjabi also spoken. Gabon was visited by Europeans during the late 15th century and colonised between the 16th and 18th centuries by the Fang and Omiene peoples. In 1889 Gabon became part of the French Congo, and in 1908 a province of French EquatorialAfrica before gaining independence in 1960. Research Gabon
Libreville is the capital city of Gabon. It stands on the estuary of the River Gabon. Libreville was founded in 1849 as a refuge for slaves freed by the French. Research Libreville
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