The Journal of Frederick Horneman’s Travels

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Author

Hornemann, Friedrich, 1772-1800

Title

The journal of Frederick Horneman's travels, from Cairo to Mourzouk, the capital of the kingdom of Fezzan, in Africa, in the years 1797-8

Original Publication

London: G. and W. Nicol, 1802.

Credits

Galo Flordelis (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

Berber languages

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71426

Release Date

August 17, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE JOURNAL OF FREDERICK HORNEMAN’S TRAVELS, FROM CAIRO TO MOURZOUK, THE CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF FEZZAN, IN AFRICA.
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE JOURNAL, &c.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. VOYAGE FROM CAIRO TO AUGILA. — SECTION I. To Ummesogeir. — SECTION II. Observations on the Desert, from the Valley of Natron to the Mountains of Ummesogier. — SECTION III. Ummesogeir, and further Journey to Siwah. — SECTION IV. Siwah. — SECTION V. Antiquities of Siwah. — SECTION VI. Departure from Siwah.—Journey to Schiacha, and Danger which the Traveller there incurred. — SECTION VII. Departure from Schiacha—arrival at Augila.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — SECTION I. Augila, to the Confines of Temissa. — SECTION II. Observations on the Region of the Harutsch. — SECTION III. Arrival at Temissa, and further Journey. — SECTION IV. Of Zuila. — SECTION V. Further journey—and arrival at Mourzouk.
7. 7.CHAPTER III.
8. 8.APPENDI X. No. I.
9. 9.POSTSCRIPT.
10. 10.INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING THE INTERIOR PART OF NORTH AFRICA. — SECTION I. — SECTION II. — SECTION III. — SECTION IV. — SECTION V. — SECTION VI. — Extracts from a Letter accompanying the above Informations, dated Tripoly, 19th of August, 1799.
11. 11.GEOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF MR. HORNEMAN’S ROUTE; AND ADDITIONS TO THE GENERAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA. BY MAJOR RENNELL. — CHAPTER I. — I. Cairo to Siwah. — II. Siwah to Augila. — III. Augila to Fezzan. — IV. Respecting the Position of Mourzouk, Capital of Fezzan. — CHAPTER II. — I. The Bahr-bela-ma, and Valley of Mogara. — Valley of Mogara. — II. Siwah. — III. The Lesser Oasis. — IV. Valleys of Schiacha, and Gegabib. — V. Augila. — VI. The Harutsch, White and Black. — VII. Fezzan. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — Of the Tuarick . [74] — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. — POSTSCRIPT.
12. 12.OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF SIWA H. By WILLIAM MARSDEN, Esq. F. R. S.
13. 13.MAY, 1802. LIST OF THE SOCIETY, INSTITUTED 1788, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA.
14. 14.Transcriber's note:

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