Project Gutenberg 2012-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 64 Durand, l'Abbé (Durand, Édouard-Joseph) 1832 1881 Durand, l'Abbe (Durand, Edouard-Joseph) Les Explorateurs du Centre de l'Afrique Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Hélène de Mink, 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) "Les Explorateurs du Centre de l'Afrique" by Édouard-Joseph l'Abbé (Durand Durand) is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This book delves into the explorations of Central Africa, highlighting the voyages and discoveries made by various explorers over the centuries. It provides detailed insights into the geography, peoples, and natural resources of the region, countering previously held misconceptions about Africa being predominantly arid and uninhabitable. The book chronicles the significant expeditions in Central Africa, starting from the early knowledge by ancient Egyptians to the exploratory efforts of modern European explorers. It narrates the journeys of figures like David Livingstone, who traversed numerous landscapes and encountered diverse cultures while unraveling the mysteries of the continent's geography. The text also discusses various lakes and rivers, their connections, and the impact of these explorations on trade routes, documentation of flora and fauna, and the historical context of colonization and the slave trade in Africa. Overall, it emphasizes the rich complexity of the central African region and its critical place in the broader narrative of exploration and discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40279/40279-h/images/cover.jpg fr Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration DT Text FR Histoire Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 57255 57261 2024-09-17T05:13:04.611854 2023-09-17T13:27:05.968889 text/html text/html 53010 2012-07-19T15:43:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 173767 2012-07-19T15:43:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184985 2024-09-17T05:13:06.483835 application/epub+zip 183885 2024-09-17T05:13:05.035901 application/epub+zip 81356 2024-09-17T05:13:04.804846 application/epub+zip 216053 2024-09-17T05:13:07.832821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207669 2024-09-17T05:13:06.265846 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105839 2022-09-18T12:32:32.694673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49765 49487 2024-09-17T05:13:04.497852 2023-09-17T13:27:05.873892 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 48825 2012-07-19T15:43:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 19301 2012-07-19T15:43:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18386 2024-09-17T05:13:07.959828 application/rdf+xml 11546 2024-09-17T05:13:04.884855 image/jpeg 1853 2024-09-17T05:13:04.844833 image/jpeg 175009 2024-09-17T05:13:04.622848 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