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 Project Gutenberg 2007-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 98 Kingston, William Henry Giles 1814 1880 Kingston, W. H. G. Kingston, W.H.G. Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley" by W.H.G. Kingston is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work chronicles the journeys and explorations of notable African travellers who ventured into the continent's interior, most significantly highlighting the quests to uncover the sources of major rivers such as the Nile and the Niger. The narrative draws on the lives of various explorers, discussing both their triumphant and tragic encounters with African tribes and the treacherous conditions they faced. The beginning of the book provides an introductory perspective on the misconceptions and limited knowledge that Europeans held about Africa at the onset of the 19th century. Kingston outlines the initial ventures of explorers like Mungo Park, emphasizing their determination to chart the unknown, while illustrating the geographical and cultural challenges they confronted. He sets the stage for a deeper understanding of the interactions between European and African societies during these explorations, foreshadowing the stories of bravery, disaster, and discovery that follow as the narrative unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Africa -- Description and travel Africa -- Discovery and exploration Explorers DT Text Africa Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 867026 867041 2024-09-09T09:31:57.047690 2023-09-09T11:44:10.327710 text/html text/html 868007 2007-05-08T18:36:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4290698 2007-05-08T18:36:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4427456 2024-09-09T09:32:09.745645 application/epub+zip 4432097 2024-09-09T09:32:00.785657 application/epub+zip 410781 2024-09-09T09:31:59.277676 application/epub+zip 4828326 2024-09-09T09:32:16.608579 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4809677 2024-09-09T09:32:08.527677 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 687563 2022-09-10T07:14:24.344601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 849022 848997 2024-09-09T09:31:55.630685 2023-09-09T11:44:09.143700 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 848725 2007-05-08T18:36:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 321764 2007-05-08T18:36:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19174 2024-09-09T09:32:16.753571 application/rdf+xml 26324 2024-09-09T09:31:59.670689 image/jpeg 4817 2024-09-09T09:31:59.472679 image/jpeg 4312396 2024-09-09T09:31:57.362715 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia