The Lake Regions of Central Africa
A Picture of Exploration
2 Volume Set
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Part of Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
- Author: Richard Francis Burton
- Date Published: June 2011
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- isbn: 9781108031301
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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–90) was an explorer who began his career in the Bombay army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and over the remaining forty years of his life published dozens of works and more than 100 articles. In this two-volume work, published in 1860, Burton discusses geographical and ethnological matters, while also giving space to the 'picturesque points of view which the subject offers' in recounting his journey to Zanzibar and around the lakes in present-day Tanzania. In Volume 1 Burton begins his expedition on the island of Zanzibar before moving inland to Unyamwezi. Volume 2 is dedicated to his exploration of Lake Tanganyika and the way of life of the inhabitants of its shores.
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- Date Published: June 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108031301
- length: 946 pages
- dimensions: 217 x 141 x 56 mm
- weight: 1.3kg
- contains: 22 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. 1 map
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: 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. Volume 2:
12. The geography and ethnology of Unyamwezi. The Fourth Region
13. At length we sight the Lake Tanganyika, the 'Sea of Ujiji'
14. We explore the Tanganyika Lake
15. The Tanganyika Lake and its Periplus
16. We return to Unyanyembe
17. The Down-march to the coast
18. Village life in East Africa
19. The character and religion of the East Africans
their government, and slavery
Conclusion
Appendices
Index.
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