Project Gutenberg 2025-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 305 Barth, Heinrich 1821 1865 Barth, Henry Barth, Johann Heinrich Abdul Karim Karim, Abdul Barth, H. (Heinrich) Barth, Henri Bernatz, Johann Martin 1802 1878 Bernatz, J. M. (Johann Martin) Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 2 (of 5) : $b being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855 $aLondon :$bLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, $c1857, copyright 1858. Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Getty Research Institute and Smithsonian Libraries) "Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 2 (of 5) : being…." by Henry Barth is a travel journal and geographical-ethnographic account written in the mid-19th century. It chronicles a British-backed expedition across the Sahara into Hausaland, Bornu, and the Lake Chad basin, interweaving route-maps with vivid notes on politics, trade, languages, and daily life. Expect meticulous day-by-day observations of caravans, markets, landscapes, and negotiations with Tuareg, Hausa, and Fulani authorities amid conflict and shifting alliances. The opening of the volume finds Barth parting from both his fellow travellers and the Tuareg chief Ánnur, then joining a salt-caravan toward Kanó under the care of Ánnur’s brother, Elaiji. He hires the capable Gajére, records wells, villages, trees, and camp-life, and briefly separates from Overweg, who heads to Tasáwa. Summoned by messengers to return to Zínder, Barth rides to Tasáwa instead, consults allies, visits Ánnur’s estate, surveys the bustling market and dye-pits, and sends a firm letter refusing recall. Moving on via Gazáwa—its stockade, markets, and warlike mood laid bare—he crosses a desolated belt marked by the ruins of Dánkama before reaching the outskirts of Kátsena. There, after gifts and flattery, the governor detains him as a “guest,” installs him with supplies, and signals an intent to control his movements, raising Barth’s concern he may be forwarded to Sókoto. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/travelsdiscoveri01bart_2 20250320035221barth 1857 GB Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Africa, Central -- Description and travel Africa, North -- Description and travel DT Text Category: Travel Writing Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 1337406 2025-07-30T07:36:31.107406 text/html 1295601 2025-06-16T12:11:40 text/html 10657989 2025-07-30T07:37:00.201768 application/epub+zip 10652925 2025-07-30T07:36:39.092427 application/epub+zip 558270 2025-07-30T07:36:34.134453 application/epub+zip 10359996 2025-07-30T07:37:13.802707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10278510 2025-07-30T07:36:54.787777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1257834 2025-07-30T07:36:27.796479 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1237621 2025-06-16T12:11:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15561 2025-07-30T07:37:14.328683 application/rdf+xml 12433 2025-07-30T07:36:34.386366 image/jpeg 2464 2025-07-30T07:36:34.261385 image/jpeg 10009948 2025-07-30T07:36:31.407419 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia de.wikipedia