Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 4 (of 5) (Registro nro. 117044)
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DT |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barth, Heinrich, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1821-1865 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 4 (of 5) |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
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| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
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| General note | Release date is 2025-06-16 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Getty Research Institute and Smithsonian Libraries) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 4 (of 5) : being…." by Henry Barth is a travel journal written in the mid-19th century. This volume charts a westward expedition across the Sahel from Bornu toward the Sokoto empire, the middle Niger, and ultimately Timbuktu, blending route-mapping with rich notes on peoples, politics, trade, and landscape. Readers can expect first-hand observations of rivers, markets, and frontier towns, alongside encounters with local rulers and Tuareg clans. The opening of the volume explains how the death of the author’s colleague led him to abandon a return to Kanem and the northeast of Lake Chad and instead aim for the Niger and Timbuktu via Sokoto. After securing a treaty in Bornu, coping with tight funds, and assembling a lean caravan of trusted servants, two freed boys, and an Arab broker, he leaves Kukawa and moves through Koyam and Manga, recording cold nights, busy wells, farms, and shifting sands. He lingers over the Komadugu’s floodplain—its backwaters, wildlife, and the ruins of the old capital Ghasr‑éggomo—then crosses the river at Zengiri and detours into Bedde country, where swamps, cotton plots, and walled towns bring both hospitality and theft. Turning into the hilly, little-known province of Múniyó, he describes a dazzling natron lake near Búne, a palm grove at Túnguré, and cultivated valleys hemmed by granite ridges. The section closes with his arrival at Gúre and a first look at the powerful governor’s fortified residence, revenues, and tax system as he prepares for an audience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Africa, Central -- Description and travel |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Africa, North -- Description and travel |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nicholson, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1808-1886 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bernatz, Johann Martin, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1802-1878 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/travelsdiscoveri01bart_2">https://archive.org/details/travelsdiscoveri01bart_2</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76319">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76319</a> |
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