Project Gutenberg 2025-06-16 Public domain in the USA. 285 Barth, Heinrich 1821 1865 Barth, Henry Barth, Johann Heinrich Abdul Karim Karim, Abdul Barth, H. (Heinrich) Barth, Henri Newman, Francis William 1805 1897 Newman, F. W. (Francis William) Nicholson, John 1808 1886 Petermann, A. (August) 1822 1878 Petermann, August Heinrich Petermann, Augustus Petermann, Augustus Heinrich Bernatz, Johann Martin 1802 1878 Bernatz, J. M. (Johann Martin) Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 5 (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. 5 (of 5) : being…." by Henry Barth is a travel narrative and geographical account written in the mid-19th century. This final volume likely continues an overland expedition across the Sahara and along the Niger, centered on Timbuktu and the middle Niger. It combines field diary with analysis of river hydrology, commerce, and local politics, especially among Tuareg, Fulani, and Arab merchant factions. Expect meticulous notes on caravan trade, materials culture, and the practical realities of river and desert travel. The opening of the volume finds the narrator in Timbuktu at the start of a new year, eager to depart but repeatedly delayed by illness, intrigue, and the anomalous high water of the Niger. He records daily life with his protector Sheikh El Bakáy, debates on religion, a sudden fever, and then offers a substantive explanation of the Niger’s seasonal rise and its effects around Timbuktu. He sketches the city’s economy—little manufacturing, heavy reliance on river-borne staples, and far-reaching trade in gold, salt from Taödénni, and kóla nuts—while noting European goods arriving via Morocco and Ghadámes. As February advances, tensions mount: Tuareg–Fulani frictions, the arrival of powerful Fulani envoys, the coming of El Bakáy’s elder brother, and a tightening political vise culminate in a tense night of armed vigilance and appeals to allied Tuareg groups, with departure still uncertain. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/travelsdiscoveri01bart_2 20250320035221barth 1857 GB Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Africa, Central -- Description and travel Africa, North -- Description and travel DT Text Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Modern (1750+) 1953857 2025-07-30T07:39:14.809586 text/html 1798402 2025-06-16T12:53:05 text/html 8902882 2025-07-30T07:40:03.215357 application/epub+zip 8913963 2025-07-30T07:39:28.404528 application/epub+zip 683067 2025-07-30T07:39:20.472589 application/epub+zip 10689812 2025-07-30T07:40:23.040779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10549046 2025-07-30T07:39:53.745426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1316391 2025-07-30T07:39:07.183663 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1296093 2025-06-16T12:53:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17779 2025-07-30T07:40:23.354814 application/rdf+xml 12331 2025-07-30T07:39:21.348576 image/jpeg 2485 2025-07-30T07:39:20.941553 image/jpeg 8361095 2025-07-30T07:39:15.066594 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 de.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia