Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849–1855

Heinrich Barth

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Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa

Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849–1855

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Heinrich Barth

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: March 2012
Print publication year:: 2011
First published in:: 1857
Online ISBN:: 9780511996818
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511996818

Subjects:: Area Studies, African Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, History, African History
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

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Born in Hamburg, Henry (Heinrich) Barth (1821–1865) studied history, archaeology, geography and Arabic. He joined James Richardson's 1849 expedition to Africa, which aimed to open the interior to trade and to study slavery. Following the deaths of Richardson (1851) and his colleague Overweg (1852), Barth led the expedition alone. His travels extended to Lake Chad in the east, Cameroon in the south and Timbuktu in the west. He was the first European to use the oral traditions of the local tribes for historical research, learning several African languages, and studying the history, resources and civilisations of the people he encountered. Barth's five-volume account includes plates, engravings and detailed annotated maps. Published in both English and German in 1857–1858, it is still regarded as a major source on African culture. Volume 1 covers the expedition's journey from Tunis to present-day Niger, and includes descriptions of Roman ruins in Libya.

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Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa

Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849–1855

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

PREFACE
pp vii-xxvi

Contents
pp xxvii-xxxiii

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
pp xxxiv-xxxvi

CHAPTER I - From Tunis to Tripoli
pp 1-16

CHAP. II - Tripoli.—The Plain and the Mountains-slope; the Arab and the Berber
pp 17-50

CHAP. III - Fertile Mountain Region rich in ancient Remains
pp 51-84

CHAP. IV - Departure for the Interior.—Arrival at Mizda.—Remains of a Christian Church
pp 85-111

CHAP. V - Sculptures and Roman Remains in the Desert.—Gharíya
pp 112-142

CHAP. VI - Wádí Sháti.—Old Jerma.—Arrival in Múrzuk
pp 143-163

CHAP. VII - Residence in Múrzuk
pp 164-170

CHAP. VIII - The Desert.—Tasáwa.—Exactions of the Escort.—Delay at Eláwen
pp 171-193

CHAP. IX - Singular Sculptures in the Desert.—The Mountain-pass
pp 194-222

CHAP. X - The Indigenous Berber Population
pp 223-240

CHAP. XI - Crossing a large Mountain-ridge, and entering on the open gravelly Desert
pp 241-266

CHAP. XII - Dangerous Approach to A'sben
pp 267-296

CHAP. XIII - Inhabited but dangerous Frontier-region
pp 297-334

CHAP. XIV - Ethnographical Relations of Aïr
pp 335-359

CHAP. XV - Residence in Tintéllust
pp 360-369

CHAP. XVI - Journey to A'gades
pp 370-396

CHAP. XVII - A'gades
pp 397-457

CHAP. XVIII - History of A'gades
pp 458-480

CHAP. XIX - Departure from A'gades.—Stay in Tin-téggana
pp 481-499

CHAP. XX - Final Departure for Sudán
pp 500-518

CHAP. XXI - The Border-region of the Desert.—The Tagáma
pp 519-552

APPENDIX
pp 553-578

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