03223cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500710014526400510021630000470026733600260031433700260034033800360036650000310040250801570043352019950059053400830258565300460266865300440271470000390275885600570279785600430285476316UtSlPG20260610134751.0mcr n260607r20251857utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aDT1 aBarth, Heinrich,d1821-186510aTravels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 1 (of 5) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-06-16  aGalo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Getty Research Institute and Smithsonian Libraries)  a"Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 1 (of 5) : being…" by Henry Barth is an expedition journal and geographical-ethnographic account written in the mid-19th century. It charts a British-sponsored journey from the Mediterranean coast into the Sahara and Central Africa, blending routes, maps, natural history, and close observations of Arab, Berber, and Black African societies. The work addresses exploration goals (notably the Niger–Bénué system), antiquities, and the politics of slavery and Islam in the region. It will appeal to readers interested in rigorous travel narrative, early scientific fieldwork, and the cultural and political textures of the Sahara’s borderlands.  The opening of the book sets out Barth’s enlistment in the British mission led by James Richardson, his reasons for joining, the government’s aims (exploration and anti–slave-trade diplomacy), and practical choices such as traveling armed, carrying a boat, and once adopting a Muslim guise for safety. The Preface distinguishes foreign slave-trading from domestic slavery, explains Barth’s decision to witness a slave-raiding campaign to report it accurately, and lays out scientific goals, mapping methods, and his system for spelling African names. It sketches the vast scope of travel and peoples encountered and acknowledges collaborators, maps, and illustrations. Chapter I then narrates the journey from Tunis to Tripoli via coastal towns, a grueling sail across the Lesser Syrtis and the Djerba channels, and an overland caravan by Lake Bibán and Zuwara to the capital. At the start of Chapter II, while awaiting equipment, Barth and Overweg make a preliminary excursion into the mountain belt south of Tripoli, describing plantations, wadis, Roman ruins (notably the Enshéd e’ Sufét sepulchre), Berber villages, geology, springs, and the hardships of wind, cold, and uncertain paths under Ottoman oversight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857  aAfrica, Central -- Description and travel  aAfrica, North -- Description and travel1 aBernatz, Johann Martin,d1802-18784 uhttps://archive.org/details/travelsdiscoveri01bart_240uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76316