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Zanzibar 2 Volume Set: City, Island, and Coast: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

Autor Richard Burton
en Limba Engleză Quantity pack – 25 aug 2011
First published in 1872, this two-volume memoir by explorer, ethnographer and diplomat Sir Richard Burton (1821–90) was written while Burton and John Hanning Speke were making preparations for their expedition to solve one of the major geographical mysteries of the nineteenth century - the location of the source of the Nile. Burton and Speke arrived in Zanzibar in December 1856, and spent several months in preparations for their journey. During this time, Burton made detailed notes on his surroundings which were later developed into this book. Volume 1 focuses on 'The City and the Island'. Burton discusses the significance of the 'Nile question' as well as recording geographical, botanical, meteorological, and ethnographic observations. Volume 2 concerns the two expeditions of 1857–9, including the discovery of Lake Tanganyika and Speke's later independent discovery of Lake Victoria, which gave rise to a notorious dispute between the two men.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108031486
ISBN-10: 110803148X
Pagini: 1092
Ilustrații: 11 b/w illus. 5 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 63 mm
Greutate: 1.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Volume 1: Preface; 1. Prepatory; 2. Arrival at Zanzibar Island; 3. How the Nile question stood in the year of grace 1856; 4. A stroll through Zanzibar City; 5. Geographical and physiological; 6. Visit to the Prince Sayyid Majid. The government of Zanzibar; 7. A chronicle of Zanzibar. The career of the late 'Imam' Sayyid Said; 8. Ethnology of Zanzibar. The foreign residents; 9. Horseflesh at Zanzibar. The outskirts of the city, and the clove plantations; 10. Ethnology of Zanzibar. The Arabs; 11. Ethnology of Zanzibar. The Wasawihili and the slave races; 12. Preparations for departure; Appendix. The Ukara or Ukerewe Lake. Volume 2: 1. From Zanzibar to Mombasah; 2. Mombasah or Mvíta; 3. Visit to the Kisulodi-ni mission house; 4. The people of Mombasah. The Wanyike tribe; 5. From Mombasah to the Panga-ni River; 6. From Panga-ni Town to Tongwe outpost. The Baloch guard; 7. The march to Fuga. Ascent of the highlands of East Africa. Presentation to King Kimwere; 8. The march back. The hippopotamus hunt. The return to Zanzibar; 9. Visit to Sa'adani, the copal field; 10. The East African Expedition of 1857–9; 11. To Kilwa, the end of the East African Expedition (1857–9); 12. Captain Speke; Appendices.

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This two-volume memoir of 1872 chronicles Burton and Speke's 1857–9 expedition to find the source of the Nile.