Reprint of the 1912 first edition published by E. Sansot et Cie of Paris. (Besterman 185). French West Africa was an administrative grouping under French rule from 1895 to 1958 and included Senegal, French Guinea, the Ivory Coast, and the French Sudan, to which was added Dahomey in 1899. Mauritania and Niger were also part of the union at various times. This work describes 3750 works concerning this area of the world. Includes works in all languages.