Research Catalog

Title

The lake regions of Central Africa : a picture of exploration / by Richard F. Burton.

Author

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

Publication

New York : Harper and Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square, 1860.

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Additional Authors

Harper & Brothers, publisher.

Description

xvi, [5], 22-572 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, map; 25 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Black people > Africa, Central
• Tanzania > Description and travel
• Slave trade > Africa, East
• Africa, Central > Description and travel
• Ethnology > Africa, Central
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

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Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• Includes index.
• "Names of Khambi or stages made by the East African expedition, and heights of the several crucial stations. First region [-Fifth region.]"--pages xi-xiv.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in pencil on title page "J.A. Harper." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. We quit Zanzibar Island in dignified style -- ch. 2. Zanzibar and the Mrima explained -- ch. 3. Transit of the valley of the Kingani and the Mgeta Rivers -- ch. 4. On the geography and ethnology of the first region -- ch. 5. Halt at Zungomero, and formation of the caravan -- ch. 6. We cross the East African Ghats -- ch. 7. The geography and ethnology of the second region -- ch. 8. We succeed in traversion Ugogo -- ch. 9. The geography and ethnography of Ugogo, the third region -- ch. 10. We enter Unyamwezi, the far-famed land of the moon -- ch. 11. We conclude the transit of Unyamwezi -- ch. 12. The geography and ethnology of Unyamwezi, the fourth region -- ch. 13. At length we sight the Lake Tanganyika, the "Sea of Ujiji" -- ch. 14. We explore the Tanganyika Lake -- ch. 15. The Tanganyika Lake and its periplus -- ch. 16. We return to Unyanyembe -- ch. 17. The down-march to the Coast -- ch. 18. Village life in East Africa -- ch. 19. The character and religion of the East Africans, their government, and slavery -- Conclusion -- appendix 1. Commerce, imports, and exports -- appendix 2. Official correspondence.

Call Number

Sc 916.78-B (Burton, R. Lake regions of Central Africa. 1860)

LCCN

14006387

OCLC

2413645

Author

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, author.

Title

The lake regions of Central Africa : a picture of exploration / by Richard F. Burton.

Publisher

New York : Harper and Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square, 1860.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 1852

Provenance

Copy in Sc 916.78-B (accession no. B593786) inscribed: in pencil on title page "J.A. Harper." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Harper & Brothers, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 916.78-B (Burton, R. Lake regions of Central Africa. 1860)

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