Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 5 (of 5) (Registro nro. 117045)
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| 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. 5 (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 |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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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. 5 (of 5) : being…." by Henry Barth is a travel narrative and geographical account written in the mid-19th century. This final volume likely continues an overland expedition across the Sahara and along the Niger, centered on Timbuktu and the middle Niger. It combines field diary with analysis of river hydrology, commerce, and local politics, especially among Tuareg, Fulani, and Arab merchant factions. Expect meticulous notes on caravan trade, materials culture, and the practical realities of river and desert travel. The opening of the volume finds the narrator in Timbuktu at the start of a new year, eager to depart but repeatedly delayed by illness, intrigue, and the anomalous high water of the Niger. He records daily life with his protector Sheikh El Bakáy, debates on religion, a sudden fever, and then offers a substantive explanation of the Niger’s seasonal rise and its effects around Timbuktu. He sketches the city’s economy—little manufacturing, heavy reliance on river-borne staples, and far-reaching trade in gold, salt from Taödénni, and kóla nuts—while noting European goods arriving via Morocco and Ghadámes. As February advances, tensions mount: Tuareg–Fulani frictions, the arrival of powerful Fulani envoys, the coming of El Bakáy’s elder brother, and a tightening political vise culminate in a tense night of armed vigilance and appeals to allied Tuareg groups, with departure still uncertain. (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 | Newman, Francis William, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1805-1897 |
| 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 | Petermann, A. |
| Fuller form of name | (August), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1822-1878 |
| 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/76320">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76320</a> |
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