| Authors: |
Kemper, Steve.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- German.
Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Africa, Central -- Description and travel.
Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration -- German.
Africa, North -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Africa, North -- Description and travel.
Explorers -- Africa, Central -- Biography.
Explorers -- Africa, North -- Biography.
Explorers -- Germany -- Biography.
Barth, Heinrich,1821-1865 -- Travel -- Africa.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012. |
| Description: |
xi, 415 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780393079661 039307966X (hardcover) |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p.371-396) and index. |
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Includes maps on endpapers. |
| Contents: |
Preparations -- Invitation to Africa -- At the edge of the desert -- First steps -- Stalled in Murzuk -- The palace of demons -- To Aïr -- Plundered -- Days and nights in Tintellust -- Desert port -- Separate ways -- "The celebrated emporium of Negroland" -- An ending -- The kingdom of Bornu -- A mystery solved -- "The horde of the Welad Sliman" -- Razzia -- Captive in Bagirmi -- Letters from home -- Resurrection and death -- Westward -- The prospect of the Niger -- "Obstructed by nature and infested by man" -- Golden city -- In Timbuktu -- Stuck -- Released, more or less -- Rumors and consequences -- Getting out -- Problems at home -- Last journeys. |
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| Summary: |
An account of Heninrich Barth's expedition into unexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa in 1850. One by one his companions died, but Barth carried on alone, eventually reaching Timbuktu. His adventures rank among the greatest exploration journeys in history and his discoveries are considered indispensable by modern scholars of Africa yet his story has fallen through a crack in history. |