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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824
Dixon Denham and others
886 pages~17 hr 40 min read43 chapters$4.99
Dixon Denham crossed the Sahara from Mourzuk to the shores of Lake Chad, riding into Bornou and Mandara when the interior of Africa was a European blank. His narrative brings back deserts, kingdoms and expeditions few outsiders had seen. Danger and discovery at every well. Cross the great desert with one of its first chroniclers.
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43 chapters
- 1NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA, IN THE YEARS 1822, 1823, AND 1824,
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4LIST OF PLATES.
- 5INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
- 6EXCURSION TO WESTWARD OF MOURZUK, IN JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST, 1822,
- 7CHAPTER I. FROM MOURZUK TO KOUKA IN BORNOU.
- 8CHAPTER II. KOUKA.
- 9CHAPTER III. EXPEDITION TO MANDARA.
- 10CHAPTER IV. EXCURSION TO MUNGA AND THE GAMBAROU.
- 11CHAPTER V. RAINY SEASON AT KOUKA.
- 12CHAPTER VI. EXCURSION TO LOGGUN, AND DEATH OF MR. TOOLE.
- 13CHAPTER VII. JOURNEY TO THE EASTERN SHORES OF THE LAKE TCHAD.
- 14SUPPLEMENTAL CHAPTER ON BORNOU.
- 15PREFATORY NOTICE TO THE Narrative of Captain Clapperton’s Journey from Kouka to Sackatoo.
- 16SECTION I. FROM KOUKA TO MURMUR, WHERE DR. OUDNEY DIED.
- 17SECTION II. FROM MURMUR TO KANO.
- 18SECTION III. FROM KANO TO SACKATOO, AND RESIDENCE THERE.
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