First footsteps in East Africa; or, An exploration of Harar. / By Richard F. Burton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.

Contributor:

Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864.

Barker, William C.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somalia--Description and travel.

Somalia.

Harari language.

Hārer (Ethiopia)--Description and travel.

Hārer (Ethiopia).

Penn Provenance:

Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston), 1859-1926 (autograph) (donor)

Physical Description:

xl pages, 1 leaf, 648 pages : 2 color plates (including frontispiece) 2 color portrait, map, plan. ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Exploration of Harar.

Place of Publication:

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856.

Notes:

Marbled lining papers.

Includes index.

Appendices: I. Diary and observations made by Lieutenant Speke, when attempting to reach the Wady Nogal.--II. Grammatical outline and vocabulary of the Harari language.--III. Meteorological observations in the cold season of 1854-5. By Lieutenants Herne, Stroyan, and Burton.--IV. [Omitted]--V. A condensed account of an attempt to reach Harar from Ankobar [by William Barker]

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Henry H. Bonnell.

OCLC:

2660513