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The lake regions of Central Africa : a picture of exploration
- Title
- The lake regions of Central Africa : a picture of exploration / by Richard F. Burton.
- Author
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
- Publication
- New York : Harper and Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square, 1860.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 916.78-B Sc 916.78-B (Burton, R. Lake regions of Central Africa) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc 916.78-B (Burton, R. Lake regions of Central Africa. 1860) | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | BMW (Burton, R. F. Lake regions of Central Africa) | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Harper & Brothers, publisher.
- Description
- xvi, [5], 22-572 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Note
- Includes index.
- "Names of Khambi or stages made by the East African expedition, and heights of the several crucial stations. First region [-Fifth region.]"--pages xi-xiv.
- Indexed In (note)
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
- Provenance (note)
- inscribed: in pencil on title page "J.A. Harper." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- ch. 1. We quit Zanzibar Island in dignified style -- ch. 2. Zanzibar and the Mrima explained -- ch. 3. Transit of the valley of the Kingani and the Mgeta Rivers -- ch. 4. On the geography and ethnology of the first region -- ch. 5. Halt at Zungomero, and formation of the caravan -- ch. 6. We cross the East African Ghats -- ch. 7. The geography and ethnology of the second region -- ch. 8. We succeed in traversion Ugogo -- ch. 9. The geography and ethnography of Ugogo, the third region -- ch. 10. We enter Unyamwezi, the far-famed land of the moon -- ch. 11. We conclude the transit of Unyamwezi -- ch. 12. The geography and ethnology of Unyamwezi, the fourth region -- ch. 13. At length we sight the Lake Tanganyika, the "Sea of Ujiji" -- ch. 14. We explore the Tanganyika Lake -- ch. 15. The Tanganyika Lake and its periplus -- ch. 16. We return to Unyanyembe -- ch. 17. The down-march to the Coast -- ch. 18. Village life in East Africa -- ch. 19. The character and religion of the East Africans, their government, and slavery -- Conclusion -- appendix 1. Commerce, imports, and exports -- appendix 2. Official correspondence.
- Call Number
- Sc 916.78-B (Burton, R. Lake regions of Central Africa. 1860)
- LCCN
- 14006387
- OCLC
- 2413645
- Author
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, author.
- Title
- The lake regions of Central Africa : a picture of exploration / by Richard F. Burton.
- Publisher
- New York : Harper and Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square, 1860.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Indexed In:
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 1852
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc 916.78-B (accession no. B593786) inscribed: in pencil on title page "J.A. Harper." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Harper & Brothers, publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 916.78-B (Burton, R. Lake regions of Central Africa. 1860)Sc Rare 916.78-B (Burton, R. Lake regions of Central Africa)BMW (Burton, R. F. Lake regions of Central Africa)