This study examines and explains how British explorers visualized
the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century,
providing the first sustained analysis of the process by which this
visual material was transformed into the illustrations in popular
travel books. At that time, central Africa was, effectively, a
blank canvas for Europeans, unknown and devoid of visual
representations. While previous works have concentrated on
exploring the stereotyped nature of printed imagery of Africa, this
study examines the actual production process of images and the
books in which they were published in order to demonstrate how,
why, and by whom the images were manipulated. Thus, the main focus
of the work is not on the aesthetic value of pictures, but in the
activities, interaction, and situations that gave birth to them in
both Africa and Europe.
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