Project Gutenberg 2008-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 72 La Harpe, Jean-François de 1739 1803 Harpe, Jean-François de La La Harpe, Jean-Francois de Laharpe, Jean-François De La Harpe, Jean-François Abrégé de l'Histoire Générale des Voyages (Tome 2) Reading ease score: 74.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://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) "Abrégé de l'Histoire Générale des Voyages (Tome 2)" by Jean-François de La Harpe is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This comprehensive work explores the voyages and explorations undertaken by various travelers, focusing specifically on regions such as Africa. The book likely discusses critical geographic and cultural observations, detailing the interactions between Europeans and African civilizations during a time of expanding trade and colonization. At the start of the text, the author sets the stage for discussing various voyages along the African coast, particularly highlighting the early explorations of Cadamosto in Senegal and Gambia. The narrative introduces the geographical features and the diverse peoples inhabiting the region, including the Azanaghis and various tribes along the Senegal River. Cadamosto's accounts of local customs, trade practices, and interactions with the indigenous populations establish a foundation for understanding the consequences of European exploration for these nations and their residents amidst the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Voyages and travels Africa, West -- Description and travel DT G Text FR Voyages et pays Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 664899 664730 2024-10-10T14:18:49.601574 2023-09-11T06:13:25.062257 text/html text/html 653694 2008-03-06T11:01:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 494971 2008-03-06T11:01:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 597104 2024-10-10T14:19:02.800536 application/epub+zip 603393 2024-10-10T14:18:54.770588 application/epub+zip 318419 2024-10-10T14:18:52.459554 application/epub+zip 927746 2024-10-10T14:19:08.272474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 882862 2024-10-10T14:19:01.372600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573675 2022-09-11T11:48:10.575545 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 615127 614849 2024-10-10T14:18:47.954602 2023-09-11T06:13:23.625183 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 602126 2008-03-06T11:01:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 220455 2008-03-06T11:01:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20725 2024-10-10T14:19:08.903469 application/rdf+xml 21713 2024-10-10T14:18:53.486549 image/jpeg 4718 2024-10-10T14:18:52.914614 image/jpeg 582779 2024-10-10T14:18:49.667595 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 fr.wikipedia