Harper, also known as Cape Palmas, is the capital of Maryland County in Liberia. It was an important administrative centre and home to Cuttington College, the oldest university in the nation, but was largely destroyed in the Liberian Civil War. Boats sail from Harper to Monrovia via Greenville. Maryland County is the southern- and easternmost county of Liberias 15 counties and shares a border with Cote dIvoire. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Charles Taylor, a leader of the NPFL and later President of Liberia. ... For alternate meanings, see Monrovia (disambiguation). ... Greenville is the name of some places in the United States of America: Greenville, Alabama Greenville, California Greenville, Delaware Greenville, Florida Greenville, Georgia Greenville, Illinois Greenville, Indiana Greenville, Kentucky Greenville, Maine Greenville, Massachusetts Greenville, Michigan Greenville, Mississippi Greenville, New Hampshire Greenville, New York Greenville, North Carolina Greenville, Ohio Greenville, Pennsylvania...
CapePalmas is a geographic feature on the coast of Africa at the extreme southwest corner of the northern half of the continent, located at latitude 4.375 (4° 22' 34" N) and longitude -7.7169444 (7° 43' 1" W).
The Cape itself consists of a small, rocky peninsula connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus.
The name CapePalmas is generalized to indicate the entire surrounding region of Maryland County.
Originally, on the other hand, Guinea was supposed to begin as far north as Cape Nun, opposite the Canary Islands, and Gomes Azurara, a Portuguese historian of the 15th century, is said to be the first authority who brings the boundary south to the Senegal.
The bay formed by the configuration of the land between Cape St Paul and the Nun mouth of the Niger is known as the Bight of Benin, the name being that of the once powerful native state whose territory formerly extended over the whole district.
The Ivory coast extends from CapePalmas to 3° W., and obtained its name from the quantity of ivory exported therefrom.
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