Download or read book Great African Travellers written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great African Travellers from Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone Stanley Gordon Cumming Selous and Sir Harry Johnston 1769 1900 written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great African Travellers written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 tribesÑif human beings there wereÑon 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 exploredÑits sources unknownÑthe 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 conquerorsÑthat 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. They possibly were acquainted with the fact that the Portuguese had settlements at Loango, Angola, and Benguela; and that Hottentots and Kaffirs were to be found at the Cape, where a colony had been taken from the Dutch, but with that colony, except in the immediate neighbourhood of Cape Town, where ships to and from India touched, they were but slightly acquainted. Ê
Download or read book Great African Travellers written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great African Travellers from Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley written by Kingston William Henry Giles and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Great African Travellers written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Great African Travellers from Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great African Travellers written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Great African Travellers from Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley written by W. H. G. Kingston and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great African Travellers, from Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by W.H.G. Kingston
Download or read book Great African Travellers written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book Great African Travellers from Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley W H G Kingston written by W. H. G. Kingston and published by . This book was released on 2009-11-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Course of Study in Geography with Suggestions and Directions to Teachers written by New Haven (Conn.). Board of Education and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great African Travellers written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Ames Free Library North Easton Massachusetts written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Download or read book Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Ames Free Library North Easton Massachusetts written by Ames Free Library (Easton, Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
