Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa

About this eBook

Author

Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865

Title

Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa : Including accounts of Tripoli, the Sahara, the remarkable kingdom of Bornu, and the countries around Lake Chad

Original Publication

London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1890.

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

Africa, North -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

73138

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73138

Release Date

March 11, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BARTH’S TRAVELS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.LIST OF PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. — LIST OF PLATES. — ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA. — CHAPTER I. FROM TUNIS TO TRIPOLI.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. TRIPOLI.—THE PLAIN AND THE MOUNTAIN-SLOPE; THE ARAB AND THE BERBER.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. FERTILE MOUNTAIN REGION RICH IN ANCIENT REMAINS.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. DEPARTURE FOR THE INTERIOR.—ARRIVAL AT MIZDA.—REMAINS OF A CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
12. 12.CHAPTER V. SCULPTURES AND ROMAN REMAINS IN THE DESERT—GHARÍYA.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. WADY SHATI.—OLD JERMA.—ARRIVAL IN MÚRZUK.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. RESIDENCE IN MURZUK.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. THE DESERT.—TASÁWA.—EXACTIONS OF THE ESCORT.—DELAY AT ELÁWEN.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. SINGULAR SCULPTURES IN THE DESERT.—THE MOUNTAIN-PASS.
17. 17.CHAPTER X. THE INDIGENOUS BERBER POPULATION.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. CROSSING A LARGE MOUNTAIN RIDGE, AND ENTERING ON THE OPEN GRAVELLY DESERT.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. DANGEROUS APPROACH TO ASBEN.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. INHABITED BUT DANGEROUS FRONTIER REGION.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. ETHNOGRAPHICAL RELATIONS OF AÍR.
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. RESIDENCE IN TIN-TÉLLUST.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. JOURNEY TO ÁGADES.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. AGADES.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. HISTORY OF ÁGADES
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. DEPARTURE FROM ÁGADES.—STAY IN TIN-TÉGGANA.
27. 27.CHAPTER XX. FINAL DEPARTURE FOR SUDÁN.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI. THE BORDER REGION OF THE DESERT.—THE TAGÁMA.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII. SEPARATION OF THE TRAVELLERS.—THE BORDER DISTRICTS OF THE INDEPENDENT PAGAN CONFEDERATION.—TASÁWA.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII. GAZÁWA.—RESIDENCE IN KÁTSENA.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV. HÁUSA.—HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF KÁTSENA.—ENTRY INTO KANÓ.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXV. RESIDENCE IN KANÓ.—VIEW OF ITS INTERIOR.—ITS HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE.—COMMERCE.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI. STARTING FOR KÚKAWA.—THE FRONTIER DISTRICT.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII. BÓRNU PROPER.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII. ARRIVAL AT KÚKAWA.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXIX. AUTHENTICITY AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE HISTORY OF BÓRNU.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXX. THE CAPITAL OF BÓRNU.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXI. THE TSÁD.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXII. SETTING OUT ON MY JOURNEY TO ÁDAMÁWA.—THE FLAT SWAMPY GROUNDS OF BÓRNU.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE BORDER-COUNTRY OF THE MARGHI.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIV. ÁDAMÁWA.—MOHAMMEDAN SETTLEMENTS IN THE HEART OF CENTRAL AFRICA.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXV. THE MEETING OF THE WATERS.—THE BÉNUWÉ AND FÁRO.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVI. MY RECEPTION IN YÓLA.—SHORT STAY.—DISMISSAL.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVII. MY JOURNEY HOME FROM ÁDAMÁWA.
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVIII. RAINY SEASON IN KÚKAWA.
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXIX EXPEDITION TO KÁNEM.
47. 47.CHAPTER XL. THE HORDE OF THE WELÁD SLIMÁN.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLI. SHITÁTI.—THE EASTERN, MORE FAVOURED, VALLEYS OF KÁNEM.
49. 49.CHAPTER XLII. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS AGAINST MÁNDARÁ.
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIII. THE BORDER-REGION OF THE SHÚWA.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLIV. THE COUNTRY OF THE SHALLOW RIVERS.—WATER-PARTING BETWEEN THE RIVERS BÉNUWÉ AND SHARI.
52. 52.CHAPTER XLV. RETURN TO BÓRNU.
53. 53.FOOTNOTES
54. 54.INDEX.

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