Project Gutenberg 2025-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 356 Barth, Heinrich 1821 1865 Barth, Henry Barth, Johann Heinrich Abdul Karim Karim, Abdul Barth, H. (Heinrich) Barth, Henri Nicholson, John 1808 1886 Bernatz, Johann Martin 1802 1878 Bernatz, J. M. (Johann Martin) Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 4 (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. 4 (of 5) : being…." by Henry Barth is a travel journal written in the mid-19th century. This volume charts a westward expedition across the Sahel from Bornu toward the Sokoto empire, the middle Niger, and ultimately Timbuktu, blending route-mapping with rich notes on peoples, politics, trade, and landscape. Readers can expect first-hand observations of rivers, markets, and frontier towns, alongside encounters with local rulers and Tuareg clans. The opening of the volume explains how the death of the author’s colleague led him to abandon a return to Kanem and the northeast of Lake Chad and instead aim for the Niger and Timbuktu via Sokoto. After securing a treaty in Bornu, coping with tight funds, and assembling a lean caravan of trusted servants, two freed boys, and an Arab broker, he leaves Kukawa and moves through Koyam and Manga, recording cold nights, busy wells, farms, and shifting sands. He lingers over the Komadugu’s floodplain—its backwaters, wildlife, and the ruins of the old capital Ghasr‑éggomo—then crosses the river at Zengiri and detours into Bedde country, where swamps, cotton plots, and walled towns bring both hospitality and theft. Turning into the hilly, little-known province of Múniyó, he describes a dazzling natron lake near Búne, a palm grove at Túnguré, and cultivated valleys hemmed by granite ridges. The section closes with his arrival at Gúre and a first look at the powerful governor’s fortified residence, revenues, and tax system as he prepares for an audience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/travelsdiscoveri01bart_2 20250320035221barth 1857 GB Reading ease score: 57.0 (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: History - Modern (1750+) 1274604 2025-07-30T07:38:07.286456 text/html 1230058 2025-06-16T12:44:30 text/html 20443592 2025-07-30T07:38:42.678741 application/epub+zip 20436106 2025-07-30T07:38:17.020396 application/epub+zip 527834 2025-07-30T07:38:10.516436 application/epub+zip 22437286 2025-07-30T07:38:58.464731 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 22348249 2025-07-30T07:38:35.353833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1267668 2025-07-30T07:38:03.397458 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1247424 2025-06-16T12:44:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16214 2025-07-30T07:38:58.770713 application/rdf+xml 13127 2025-07-30T07:38:10.797419 image/jpeg 2569 2025-07-30T07:38:10.663394 image/jpeg 19192474 2025-07-30T07:38:07.729461 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 en.wikipedia de.wikipedia