Project Gutenberg 2005-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 160 Richardson, James 1806 1851 Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Annika Feilbach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://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) "Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51" by James Richardson is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book details Richardson's ambitious expedition to explore and establish commercial relations in Central Africa, particularly focusing on the abolishment of the slave trade and the promotion of legitimate trade. This account promises a vivid portrayal of both the geographical challenge and the cultural interactions encountered during the journey. The opening portion of the narrative introduces the preparations and motivations behind the expedition. Richardson, after a previous journey through the Sahara, conveys his hope to engage with the kingdoms of Central Africa, expressly to promote trade to counter the slave trade. He details the logistical challenges faced upon arriving in Tripoli, including delays related to weather and the arrival of necessary supplies. Accompanied by two Prussian colleagues, Drs. Barth and Overweg, he begins the journey into the desert, reflecting on the hardship and the fluctuating dynamics within the caravan itself. The emotions of parting from loved ones and the experience of traveling into the unknown reinforce the personal stakes of this ambitious mission. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Africa, Central -- Description and travel Africa, North -- Description and travel Richardson, James, 1806-1851 DT Text Africa Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 590220 590219 2024-10-07T14:06:47.177595 2023-09-08T04:47:16.910558 text/html text/html 598172 2020-12-13T07:05:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 840745 2020-12-13T07:05:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 590304 2024-10-07T14:06:59.417545 application/epub+zip 595994 2024-10-07T14:06:51.779568 application/epub+zip 297290 2024-10-07T14:06:50.064599 application/epub+zip 941372 2024-10-07T14:07:04.982492 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 894683 2024-10-07T14:06:58.106536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403277 2022-09-08T09:34:23.664342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534979 2024-10-07T14:06:45.947627 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 534761 2020-12-13T07:05:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 204105 2020-12-13T07:05:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 534606 2020-12-13T07:05:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 203966 2020-12-13T07:05:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 534716 2020-12-13T07:05:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203842 2020-12-13T07:05:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23621 2024-10-07T14:07:05.119476 application/rdf+xml 26332 2024-10-07T14:06:50.651578 image/jpeg 4898 2024-10-07T14:06:50.354574 image/jpeg 961026 2024-10-07T14:06:47.236597 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia