First footsteps in East Africa, or, An exploration of Harar / by Richard F. Burton, Bombay Army, author of "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah."

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, author.

Contributor:

Barker, William C., contributor.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somalia--Description and travel.

Somalia.

Harari language.

Hārer (Ethiopia)--Description and travel.

Hārer (Ethiopia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 648 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (color).

Other Title:

Exploration of Harar

First footsteps in East Africa

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Preface

Departure from Aden

Life in Zayla

Excursions near Zayla

The Somal, their origin and peculiarities

From Zayla to the Hills

From the Zayla Hills to the Marar Prairie

From the Marar Prairie to Harar

Ten days at Harar

A ride to Berberah

Berberah and its environs

Postscript

Appendix I: Diary and observations made by Lieutenant Speke, when attempting to reach the Wady Nogal

Appendix II: Grammatical outline and vocabulary of the Harari language

Appendix III: Meteorological observations in the cold season of 1854-5 / by Lieutenants Herne, Stroyan, and Burton

Appendix IV: [Omitted]

Appendix V: A condensed account of an attempt to reach Harar from Ankobar / [by William Barker].

Notes:

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.

OCLC:

231587997

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.