Zanzibar - City, Island, and Coast

Klappentext This two-volume memoir of 1872 chronicles Burton and Speke's 1857 9 expedition to find the source of the Nile. Zusammenfassung Written by the explorer and diplomat Sir Richard Burton (1821–90), this two-volume account of Zanzibar and of the 1857–9 expedition attempting to discover the source of the Nile was first published in 1872. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Prepatory; 2. Arrival at Zanzibar Island; 3. How the Nile question stood in the year of grace 1856; 4. A stroll through Zanzibar City; 5. Geographical and physiological; 6. Visit to the Prince Sayyid Majid. The government of Zanzibar; 7. A chronicle of Zanzibar. The career of the late 'Imam' Sayyid Said; 8. Ethnology of Zanzibar. The foreign residents; 9. Horseflesh at Zanzibar. The outskirts of the city, and the clove plantations; 10. Ethnology of Zanzibar. The Arabs; 11. Ethnology of Zanzibar. The Wasawihili and the slave races; 12. Preparations for departure; Appendix. The Ukara or Ukerewe Lake.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Francis Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108031462
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03146-2
• No. of pages: 542
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies; Zanzibar 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Tanzania, HISTORY / Africa / East, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, African History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, African history: pre-colonial period