ISBN:
9780393079661
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 415 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
25 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
DDC:
916.70423
Keywords:
Barth, Heinrich Travel
;
Explorers Biography
;
Explorers Biography
;
Explorers Biography
;
Africa, North Discovery and exploration
;
German
;
Africa, North Discovery and exploration
;
British
;
Africa, North Description and travel
;
Africa, Central Discovery and exploration
;
German
;
Africa, Central Discovery and exploration
;
British
;
Africa, Central Description and travel
;
Barth, Heinrich 1821-1865
;
Nordafrika
;
Zentralafrika
;
Entdeckungsreise
;
Geschichte 1850-1856
;
Nordafrika
;
Barth, Heinrich 1821-1865
;
Expedition
;
Geschichte 1850-1855
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-396) and index
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