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Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa - Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855 (Paperback)
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Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa - Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855 (Paperback)
Series: Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa 5 Volume Set, Volume 1
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Born in Hamburg, Henry (Heinrich) Barth (1821 1865) studied
history, archaeology, geography and Arabic. He joined James
Richardson's 1849 expedition to Africa, which aimed to open the
interior to trade and to study slavery. Following the deaths of
Richardson (1851) and his colleague Overweg (1852), Barth led the
expedition alone. His travels extended to Lake Chad in the east,
Cameroon in the south and Timbuktu in the west. He was the first
European to use the oral traditions of the local tribes for
historical research, learning several African languages, and
studying the history, resources and civilisations of the people he
encountered. Barth's five-volume account includes plates,
engravings and detailed annotated maps. Published in both English
and German in 1857 1858, it is still regarded as a major source on
African culture. Volume 1 covers the expedition's journey from
Tunis to present-day Niger, and includes descriptions of Roman
ruins in Libya.
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