Langs den Congo tot Brazzaville by A. Kloos

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/14121.html.images 107 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/14121.epub3.images 603 kB Send
to
kindle
email:

EPUB (older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/14121.epub.images 603 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/14121.epub.noimages 109 kB
Kindle https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/14121.kf8.images 737 kB
older Kindles https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/14121.kindle.images 727 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/14121.txt.utf-8 96 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14121/pg14121-h.zip 561 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Kloos, A.
Title Langs den Congo tot Brazzaville
De Aarde en haar Volken, 1906
Note Reading ease score: 49.1 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the PG Distributed Proofreaders Team
Summary "Langs den Congo tot Brazzaville" by A. Kloos is a travel account likely written in the late 19th century. The work chronicles the author's journey through the Congo River and the surrounding regions, documenting the landscape, settlements, and the socio-political conditions of the time, and offers insights into the lives of both European settlers and indigenous peoples. The opening of the book paints a vivid picture of the arrival at the Congo River, capturing its powerful presence and the serene beauty of the landscape. The narrator describes the sights and sounds as the steamship Albertville approaches the Banana land tongue, with a focus on the lush vegetation and sparse human activity along the riverbanks. As the journey progresses, the author introduces the various European trading posts, their establishment, and the interactions with local inhabitants, reflecting on the complexities of trade and colonialism in the region. Through this narrative, Kloos sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the dynamics at play in the Congo and emphasizes the contrasts between the natural beauty of the environment and the challenges faced by those who navigate it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language Dutch
LoC Class DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel
Category Text
EBook-No. 14121
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 18, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 79 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!