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Map Kartenskizze von Africa zur vergleichenden Übersicht der Reisen Dr. Barth's und Dr. Livingstone's.

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Title

  • Kartenskizze von Africa zur vergleichenden Übersicht der Reisen Dr. Barth's und Dr. Livingstone's.

Summary

  • "This map compares the voyages of the British explorer David Livingstone (1813-73), who traveled down the Zambezi River in 1851-56, and the German Heinrich Barth (1821-65) who, between 1850 and 1855, explored much of western Africa and the Sahara. Barth traveled to western Sudan, Chad, and northern Nigeria, where he researched the decline of the Fulani Empire and the history of the Hausa people, and recorded local languages and histories. In 1855, he spent eight months in Timbuktu, where he studied the Islamic culture of West Africa. Barth later published, in English and German, his five-volume Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa (1857-58), regarded as a masterpiece of geographic research. This map is by the prominent German cartographer August Petermann (1822-78), and was published by the Gotha firm of Justus Perthes." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865.
  • Livingstone, David, 1813-1873.
  • Petermann, A. (August), 1822-1878.
  • Justus Perthes (Firm : Gotha, Germany)

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1857]

Headings

  • -  Africa--Discovery and exploration--Maps
  • -  Africa

Notes

  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ; 25 x 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G8201.S12 1857 .K3 TIL

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98687116

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Barth, Heinrich, David Livingstone, A Petermann, and Justus Perthes. Kartenskizze von Africa zur vergleichenden Übersicht der Reisen Dr. Barth's und Dr. Livingstone's. [S.l, 1857] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98687116/.

APA citation style:

Barth, H., Livingstone, D., Petermann, A. & Justus Perthes. (1857) Kartenskizze von Africa zur vergleichenden Übersicht der Reisen Dr. Barth's und Dr. Livingstone's. [S.l] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98687116/.

MLA citation style:

Barth, Heinrich, et al. Kartenskizze von Africa zur vergleichenden Übersicht der Reisen Dr. Barth's und Dr. Livingstone's. [S.l, 1857] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98687116/>.