The Lake Regions of Central Africa 2 Volume Set: A Picture of Exploration
Author(s): Sir Richard Francis Burton
The famous British explorer's 1860 account of a journey through Zanzibar and the lake region of eastern Africa (present-day Tanzania).
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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.
General Fields
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- : Cambridge Library Collection
- : Cambridge University Press
- : Contains 2 Paperbacks
- : 1.3
- : 01 June 2011
- : 216mm X 140mm X 56mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Sir Richard Francis Burton
- : Multiple copy pack
- : 916.70423
- : 946
- : 22 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. 1 map