Como eu atravessei Àfrica do Atlantico ao mar Indico, volume primeiro

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serpa Pinto, Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de, 1846-1900.

Language:

Portuguese

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Other Title:

Como eu atravessei África do Atlântico ao mar Índico, volume primeiro

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Language Note:

This ebook uses 19th century spelling

Summary:

"Como eu atravessei Àfrica do Atlantico ao mar Indico, volume primeiro" by Serpa Pinto is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work documents the author's extensive travel and exploration journey across Africa, particularly from Benguella to the Indian Ocean. It combines personal narrative elements with geographical and ethnographic observations, reflecting both the challenges and the varied cultures encountered during the expedition. The opening of the narrative introduces Serpa Pinto's gratitude towards individuals and institutions that supported his journey. He dedicates the book to King D. Luiz I of Portugal, expressing thanks for the financial resources allocated for the expedition and recounting the vital assistance received from various figures in the Portuguese government, geographic societies, and friends. The initial chapters outline the preparations for the journey, the challenges of securing carriers for the expedition, and the author's interactions with significant figures such as the explorer Stanley, all while emphasizing the vast difficulties faced when exploring the uncharted territories of Africa. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Rita Farinha, João Miguel Neves, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)

Notes:

Also available: volume segundo #20783

Reading ease score: 50.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2007-02-02