Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855Born in Hamburg, Henry (Heinrich) Barth (1821-1865) studied history, archaeology, geography and Arabic. He joined James Richardson's 1849 expedition to Africa, which aimed to open the interior to trade and to study slavery. Following the deaths of Richardson (1851) and his colleague Overweg (1852), Barth led the expedition alone. His travels extended to Lake Chad in the east, Cameroon in the south and Timbuktu in the west. He was the first European to use the oral traditions of the local tribes for historical research, learning several African languages, and studying the history, resources and civilisations of the people he encountered. Barth's five-volume account includes plates, engravings and detailed annotated maps. Published in both English and German in 1857-1858, it is still regarded as a major source on African culture. Volume 1 covers the expedition's journey from Tunis to present-day Niger, and includes descriptions of Roman ruins in Libya. |
Contents
CHAP II | 17 |
CHAP XVII | 50 |
CHAP III | 51 |
the Defile Ghurián Kuléba Roman Milestones Mizda | 109 |
CHAP VI | 143 |
CHAP VII | 164 |
Agades | 165 |
CHAP VIII | 171 |
CHAP XII | 267 |
CHAP XIV | 335 |
CHAP XV | 360 |
CHAP XVI | 370 |
The Retail Traders from Tawát The Learned Abdallah Aspect | 457 |
CHAP XIX | 481 |
CHAP XX | 500 |
CHAP XXI | 519 |
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