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A Journey to Central Africa

A Journey to Central Africa

by Bayard Taylor

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Author
Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878
Title
A journey to Central Africa : Or, Life and landscapes from Egypt to the Negro kingdoms of the White Nile
Original Publication
New York: G. P. Putnam and Son, 1869.
Credits
Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject
Egypt -- Description and travel
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72823
Release Date
January 29, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.JOURNEY TO CENTRAL AFRICA. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION TO AFRICA.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. FIRST VOYAGE ON THE NILE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. PICTURES OF CAIRO.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY INTO CENTRAL AFRICA.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE PYRAMIDS AND MEMPHIS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. FROM MEMPHIS TO SIOUT.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. LIFE ON THE NILE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. UPPER EGYPT.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THEBES—THE WESTERN BANK.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE ALMEHS, LUXOR AND KARNAK.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. FROM THEBES TO THE NUBIAN FRONTIER.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. PHILÆ AND THE CATARACT.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE NUBIAN NILE.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. THE GREAT NUBIAN DESERT.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE ETHIOPIAN FRONTIER.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. MY RECEPTION IN BERBER.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. THE ETHIOPIAN NILE.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE RUINS OF MEROË.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. ETHIOPIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. FROM SHENDY TO KHARTOUM.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. LIFE IN KHARTOUM.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. VISITS IN KHARTOUM.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE COUNTRIES OF SOUDÂN.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. EXCURSIONS AND PREPARATIONS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. VOYAGE UP THE WHITE NILE.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. ADVENTURES AMONG THE SHILLOOK NEGROES.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. THE WHITE NILE.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HASSANIYEH ARABS.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. INCIDENTS OF LIFE IN KHARTOUM.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. THE COMMERCE OF SOUDÂN.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. FROM KHARTOUM TO EL METEMMA.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. THE BEYOODA DESERT.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. THREE DAYS AT NAPATA.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. OLD DONGOLA AND NEW DONGOLA.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. JOURNEY THROUGH DAR EL-MÀHASS AND SUKKÔT.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BATN EL-HADJAR.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE ROCK TEMPLES OF ABOU-SIMBEL.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. RETURN TO EGYPT.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX. VOYAGE DOWN THE NILE.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XL. THE RETURN TO CAIRO—CONCLUSION.
  44. 44.FOOTNOTES

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