Bibliograph

The Lake Regions of Central Africa, A Picture of Exploration, Richard Francis Burton, Volume 1

Type

Label

The Lake Regions of Central Africa, A Picture of Exploration, Richard Francis Burton, Volume 1

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Lake Regions of Central Africa

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1103581429

Responsibility statement

Richard Francis Burton

Series statement

Cambridge library collection. African StudiesCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

A Picture of Exploration

Summary

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–90) was an explorer who began his career in the Bombay army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and over the remaining forty years of his life published dozens of works and more than 100 articles. In this two-volume work, published in 1860, Burton discusses geographical and ethnological matters, while also giving space to the 'picturesque points of view which the subject offers' in recounting his journey to Zanzibar and around the lakes in present-day Tanzania. In Volume 1 Burton begins his expedition on the island of Zanzibar before moving inland to explore the Kingani and Mgeta Rivers. He crosses the Usagara mountains and ends the volume in Unyamwezi, 'the far-famed land over the moon'. --, Provided by publisher

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