Author: Sir Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
First Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar
Author: Sir Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harar, Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
First Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar
Author: Sir Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
First Footsteps in East Africa; Or, an Exploration of Harar
Author: Richard F. BurtonPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486789543
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
One of the great adventure classics. Victorian scholar-adventurer’s firsthand epic account of daring 1854 expedition to forbidden East African capital city. A wealth of geographic, ethnographic and linguistic data.
First Footsteps in East Africa
Author: Sir Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
First Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar
Author: Sir Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harar, Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
First Footsteps in east Africa or, an exploration of Harar. 2
Author: Richard Francis BurtonFirst Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar
Author: Sir Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harari language
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
First Footsteps in East Africa Or, An Exploration of Harar
Author: Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad?
Author: W. B. CarnochanPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804755719
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts. Speke has been called a “cad.” In light of new evidence and after a careful reading of duelling texts, Carnochan concludes that the case against Speke remains unproven-and that the story, as normally told, displays the inescapable uncertainty of historical narrative. All was fair in this love-war.
The Prophet's Camel Bell
Author: Margaret LaurencePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923886
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In 1950, as a young bride, Margaret Laurence set out with her engineer husband to what was then Somaliland: a British protectorate in North Africa few Canadians had ever heard of. Her account of this voyage into the desert is full of wit and astonishment. Laurence honestly portrays the difficulty of colonial relationships and the frustration of trying to get along with Somalis who had no reason to trust outsiders. There are moments of surprise and discovery when Laurence exclaims at the beauty of a flock of birds only to discover that they are locusts, or offers medical help to impoverished neighbors only to be confronted with how little she can help them. During her stay, Laurence moves past misunderstanding the Somalis and comes to admire memorable individuals: a storyteller, a poet, a camel-herder. The Prophet’s Camel Bell is both a fascinating account of Somali culture and British colonial characters, and a lyrical description of life in the desert.