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Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Africa
ISBN : OXFORD:N10595775
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0282182756
Excerpt from Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and StanleyMany of England's sons have earned enduring fame by the explora tion of Africa; indeed, our knowledge of the Continent is mainly due to the enterprise and courage of Englishmen.Passing over the explorations of the earlier travellers in the last and first half of the present century, it was to Livingstone that the stimulus for geographical research is mainly to be attributed. That great man practically taught us all we know of Southern Africa on both banks of the Zambesi, from one side of Africa to the other, and Burton and Speke initiated the discoveries of the more central lacustrine regions, which have culminated in the last journey of Stanley, to whom the author of this volume has dedicated this imperfect record of African travel.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William Kingston
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368826598
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston,Charles Rathbone Low
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Africa
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU56811780
Author : W. H. G. Kingston
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1514637006
Great African Travellers
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : UCLA:31158006547169
Author : W. H. G. Kingston
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1435356497
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston,Henry Frith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Africa
ISBN : OCLC:11413523
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798603959016
When the fathers of the present generation were young men, and George the Third ruled the land, they imagined that the whole interior of Africa was one howling wilderness of burning sand, roamed over by brown tribes in the north and soutah, and by black tribes-if human beings there were-on either side of the equator, and along the west coast. The maps then existing afforded them no information. Of the Mountains of the Moon they knew about as much as of the mountains in the moon. The Nile was not explored-its sources unknown-the course of the Niger was a mystery. They were aware that the elephant, rhinoceros, cameleopard, zebra, lion and many other strange beasts ranged over its sandy deserts; but very little more about them than the fact of their existence was known. They knew that on the north coast dwelt the descendants of the Greek and Roman colonists, and of their Arab conquerors-that there were such places as Tangiers, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers with its piratical cruisers who carried off white men into slavery; Morocco, with an emperor addicted to cutting off heads; Salee, which sent forth its rovers far over the ocean to plunder merchantmen; and a few other towns and forts, for the possession of which Europeans had occasionally knocked their heads together.
Author : W. H. G. Kingston
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1480247561
Great African Travellers, from Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by W.H.G. Kingston
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston,Charles Rathbone Low
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:57052439
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1499697627
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 198775767X
Great African Travellers By William Henry Giles Kingston
Author : W. H. G. Kingston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1449923267
A passage from the book... When the fathers of the present generation were young men, and George the Third ruled the land, they imagined that the whole interior of Africa was one howling wilderness of burning sand, roamed over by brown tribes in the north and south, and by black tribes-if human beings there were-on either side of the equator, and along the west coast.The maps then existing afforded them no information. Of the Mountains of the Moon they knew about as much as of the mountains in the moon. The Nile was not explored-its sources unknown-the course of the Niger was a mystery. They were aware that the elephant, rhinoceros, cameleopard, zebra, lion and many other strange beasts ranged over its sandy deserts; but very little more about them than the fact of their existence was known. They knew that on the north coast dwelt the descendants of the Greek and Roman colonists, and of their Arab conquerors-that there were such places as Tangiers, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers with its piratical cruisers who carried off white men into slavery; Morocco, with an emperor addicted to cutting off heads; Salee, which sent forth its rovers far over the ocean to plunder merchantmen; and a few other towns and forts, for the possession of which Europeans had occasionally knocked their heads together.From the west coast they had heard that ivory and gold-dust was to be procured, as well as an abundant supply of negroes, whose happy lot it was to be carried off to cultivate the plantations of the West Indies and America; but, except that they worshipped fetishes, of their manners and customs, or at what distance from the coast they came, their ignorance was profound.
Author : William Henry Giles Kingston
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1289624275
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