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Zanzibar 2 Volume Set

City, Island, and Coast

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Onbekend, 1092 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9781108031486
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Cambridge University Press e druk, 2011 9781108031486
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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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ISBN13:9781108031486
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:onbekend
Aantal pagina's:1092

Inhoudsopgave

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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