BARTH's travels in Nigeria: extracts from the journal of Heinrich Barth’s travels in Nigeria, (1850-1855)
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1962
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London: Oxford University Press,
Abstract
Heinrich Barth: the man; Critique of the Travels-and Discoveries; Barth in Retrospect; A Note on Principal Source Materials; A Calendar of Barth’s Nigerian Journey; Barth’s diary 1849-1855: the journey Out: 1849-1850; Katsina: 1851; Kano: 1851; The Hausa-Bornu Borderland: 1851; Bornu: 1851; Adamawa: 1851; A Base in Bornu: 1851-1852; From Bornu to Katsina: 1852-1853; Sokoto: 1853; From Sokoto to Bornu: 1854-1855; The Journey Back: 1855.
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Of Africa’s eminent explorers, none has been so neglected by posterity as Heinrich Barth. Stanley in Central Africa, Speke and Baker on the Nile, Livingstone in South Central Africa, Park and the Landers on the Niger, Mary Kingsley in West Africa, have all received a large measure of recognition; Barth alone seems to have been ignored. Not a single biography has yet been written in English, and the century since his death has produced barely half a dozen worthwhile commentaries of his African travels