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."
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, author.; Barker, William C., contributor.
1856
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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."
Author
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, author.
Portion of Title
Exploration of Harar
First footsteps in East Africa
Published
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xl, 648 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (color).
Note
Includes index.
Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
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Barker, William C., contributor.
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.
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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].

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