Lake Regions of Central Africa - A Picture of Exploration

Klappentext The famous British explorer's 1860 account of a journey through Zanzibar and the lake region of eastern Africa (present-day Tanzania). Zusammenfassung In this two-volume work, published in 1860, British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–90) recounts his journey around the lakes of present-day Tanzania. In Volume 1 Burton begins in Zanzibar before landing up in Unyamwezi, 'the far-famed land over the moon'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. We quit Zanzibar Island in dignified style; 2. Zanzibar and the Mrima explained; 3. Transit of the valley of the Kingani and the Mgeta Rivers; 4. On the geography and ethnology of the First Region; 5. Halt at Zungomero, and formation of the caravan; 6. We cross the East African Ghauts; 7. The geography and ethnology of the Second Region; 8. We succeed in traversing Ugogo; 9. The geography and ethnography of Ugogo - the Third Region; 10. We enter Unyamwezi, the far-famed Land of the Moon; 11. We conclude the transit of Unyamwezi.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Francis Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108031288
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03128-8
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies; The Lake Regions of Central Africa 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Sports and active travel; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Central Africa, Classic Travel Writing, TRAVEL / Africa / Central