The Lake Regions of Central Africa

A Picture of Exploration

By:

Richard Francis Burton

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

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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'.

Release date NZ

May 19th, 2011

Author

Richard Francis Burton

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

6 Plates, color; 8 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

446

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9781108031288

Product ID

10888199

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