UID:
almafu_9959345486502883
Format:
1 online resource (xxxvi, 578 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-99681-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Travel and exploration
Content:
Born 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.
Note:
Originally published: London : Longman, Beown, Geeen, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FIRST VOLUME -- CHAPTER I - From Tunis to Tripoli -- CHAP. II - Tripoli.-The Plain and the Mountains-slope; the Arab and the Berber -- CHAP. III - Fertile Mountain Region rich in ancient Remains -- CHAP. IV - Departure for the Interior.-Arrival at Mizda.-Remains of a Christian Church -- CHAP. V - Sculptures and Roman Remains in the Desert.-Gharíya -- CHAP. VI - Wádí Sháti.-Old Jerma.-Arrival in Múrzuk -- CHAP. VII - Residence in Múrzuk -- CHAP. VIII - The Desert.-Tasáwa.-Exactions of the Escort.-Delay at Eláwen -- CHAP. IX - Singular Sculptures in the Desert.-The Mountain-pass -- CHAP. X - The Indigenous Berber Population -- CHAP. XI - Crossing a large Mountain-ridge, and entering on the open gravelly Desert -- CHAP. XII - Dangerous Approach to A'sben -- CHAP. XIII - Inhabited but dangerous Frontier-region -- CHAP. XIV - Ethnographical Relations of Aïr -- CHAP. XV - Residence in Tintéllust -- CHAP. XVI - Journey to A'gades -- CHAP. XVII - A'gades -- CHAP. XVIII - History of A'gades -- CHAP. XIX - Departure from A'gades.-Stay in Tin-téggana -- CHAP. XX - Final Departure for Sudán -- CHAP. XXI - The Border-region of the Desert.-The Tagáma -- APPENDIX -- Plate section.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-02943-4
Language:
English
