Has a large number of reproduced text and images from
books by early travelers in the Western Sahara desert, photographs (salt
trade, people) by Jim Mann Taylor and others, articles on the Arbre du Ténéré now
in a Niger museum, on French military forts, Saharan rock art, giraffe engravings
in Niger. Excerpts from travelers' accounts include: Leo
Africanus, Leo Africanus
on Timbuctoo with illus. by René Caillié's and Felix Dubois, Ibn
Battuta. "The 153 Club is for Sahara Desert travellers. The Club
takes its name from the old Michelin 153 map of NW Africa." Includes
book lists. Maintained by Jim Mann Taylor, based in the U.K. http://www.manntaylor.com/153.html
Site for the book, 1421 The Year China Discovered the World, by Gavin Menzies with information on Chinese maritime explorers including Admiral Zheng He. "The author's conclusion that Chinese seafarers and concubines
settled in Malaysia, India, Africa, the Americas, Australasia, and across the
Pacific, almost a century before the Europeans started their historic voyages of
exploration has come up against a great deal of opposition." Includes maps, 44 page bibliography (in PDF), Gavin Menzies speeches. http://www.1421.tv/
Search on "Africa" to see how Africa was portrayed in 19th century
U.S. schoolbooks. Titles indexed include - Goodrich, Samuel G., "The
second book of history : including the modern history of Europe, Africa,
and Asia," (Boston, 1833) and Goodrich's " The story of Captain
Riley and his adventures in Africa" (Philadelphia, 1841). A Demonstration
Project by the Digital Research Library, University Library System, University
of Pittsburgh. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/nietz/index.html
"the history of the continent from an African perspective." "from
the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid" by
major African historians (Jacob Ajayi, George Abungu, Director-General of
the National Museums of Kenya and others). Includes audio of each segment
of the BBC program. (Requires sound card, speaker or headphone). Each segment
has a timeline, bibliography, useful links. Includes African American
explorer, George Washington Williams. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/
Burton, Richard Francis (1821–1890)
Rotberg, Robert I. Biography of
Burton for Grolier Electronic Publishing: http://azar.yvod.com/mej/SirRichardBurtonbio.html
The Internet Movie Database information about "Mountains
of the Moon," a 1990 film about Burton and Speke: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100196
Isabel, Lady Burton (1831-1896). The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton.Passages from: The
Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton, Volume I, by Lady Isabel
Burton, edited by W. H. Wilkins. New York: Dodd Mead & Company,
1897. pp. 140-156. Part of the Celebration
of Women Writers site. http://www-cgi.cs.cmu.edu/~mmbt/women/burton/romance/chapter-I-IX.html
New York: Harper, 1860. Full text of the book is online. http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02413645&id=bMwcAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=lake+regions+of+central+africa#PRA1-PA561,M1
In French. "fondé en 1984 est une équipe
d’accueil de l’École doctorale de Littératures
françaises et comparée de l’Université de
Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)." Provides a listing
of monographs and articles on the web regarding travel in Africa. Their
Newsletter, Lettres du Voyageur, has citations to
recent theses (such
as
Les Récits de voyage
en Afrique subsaharienne aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, by Paulo
Alves Vaz, DEA de Littérature
et civilisation françaises, Université Paris-Sorbonne, septembre
2004, 95 p., Directeur : François Moureau).
Has audio files of conference presentations. An online citations
database of travel-related documents (from the 16th-17th-18th centuries)
provides travel dates, destination, countries visited, library location for
each manuscript, map or published work cited. http://www.crlv.org/crlv/viati-web.php#Anchor-Afrique-47857
Curated by Patrick Scott, Associate University Librarian for Special
Collections. From the University of South Carolina Library, Dept. of Rare
Books & Special Collections.
In English and
Dutch. Commemorates 300 years of diplomatic relations between Ghana and
the Netherlands. Has a short history of Netherlands / Ghana relations from
the 1593 arrival of the Dutch in Sao Tome and the 1701 visit of the first
European to the Ashanti Kingdom, of slavery, and present day relations.
Read about Ghanaians in Holland (their organizations, the 16,000 people
of Ghanaian origin living in the Netherlands). Has short video clips from Back
to Kotoka, a soap opera about Ghanaians in Holland, articles on (Ghana's
forts and the slave trade, a slave
who defended the slave trade, Ghanaians
in search of their Dutch Ancestors, funerals
in Ghana), a piece on Arthur Japin's book, The two hearts of Kwasi
Boachi', a piece on Dutch
wax textiles with a link to the Vlisco
companies. There is a schedule
of events including the visit of Crown Prince William to Ghana, a booklet,
in Dutch, on Ghanaians in Holland, the photographer
Philip Kwame Apagya, a selection of historical
photos taken between 1880 and 1890, and many more articles. [KF] http://www.ghana300holland.nl/
Has full-text sources for African history arranged by topics. Includes
a page from Vasco
da Gama's Africa to India travels, and many other historical topics.
Maintained by Paul Halsall, Fordham University. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
"maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning
the past, present and future of historic cities..." African cities
include Ghana's Elmina, Kenya's Mombasa, Mozambique's Sofala, Tazania's
Kilwa, plus Asilah, Azemmour, Casablanca, Safi, Salé, Tanger
in Morocco, Mahdia and Tunis in Tunisia and Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt.
Has biographies
of Mapmakers with links to images of the cities, bibliographies. "a
joint project of the Historic Cities Center, Department of Geography, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University
Library." Has links to related map sites. [KF] http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html
Reading About the World, Vol. 2. Edited by Paul Brians,
Mary Gallwey, Douglas Hughes, Azfar Hussain, Richard Law, Michael Myers
Michael Neville, Roger Schlesinger, Alice Spitzer, and Susan Swan has excerpts, Leo,
Africanus: Description of Timbuktu, African proverbs, etc. http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/contents_vol_2.html
From an article published in Al-Andalus-Magreb (Cádiz : Servicio
de Publicaciones, Universidad de Cádiz), Vol. 7-9, Part 1 (2002), pages
115-43 (19 pages online version of which 7 pages of notes). Extensive biography,
discussion of the editions of Leo Africanus' "Description of Africa," its
contents and sources, his additional works. Dr.Pekka Masonen teaches in
the Department of History, University of Tampere, Finland. [KF] http://www.uta.fi/~hipema/leo.htm
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. (London, 1857). Full-text of the book with information on slavery. Part of Project Gutenberg. Includes an 1858 review of the book in Harper's Magazine. [KF] http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1039
About National Geographic's TV program. Has graphics from The Life
and Work of David Livingstone (1900). In the "40....views" section,
click on the little red TV at the top to see photos from the TV program.Send
a postcard of Livingstone being attacked by a lion! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lantern/welcome.html
The Corbett Rooms, Longnor Hall, Longnor, Shrewsbury, SY5 7PZ, U.K.
Phone: +44 (0)1743 718367 Fax: +44 (0)1743 354699
Contact: Paul Wilson
Email: paul@africana.co.uk
Specializes in antiquarian and out-of-print books on Africa and the Middle
East. Offers large collections to institutions. Has a special African studies
collection with an introduction by J.D. Fage, Professor Emeritus of African
History, University of Birmingham. Fage's introduction (in 7 parts) covers
the history of
Africana, African studies. http://africana.co.uk/collections/
Paez, Pedro
Spanish Jesuit missionary. In 1613 an Ethiopian king reportedly took him
to the source of the Blue Nile.
Wikipedia,
the Free Encyclopedia, whose articles can be created by anyone, has an Ethiopian
history article which mentions Paez and James Bruce (who rediscovered the
source of the Blue Nile): http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Ethiopia/History
Park, Mungo - Travels in the Interior of Africa
Full text on-line. Vol.
1. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5266 and Vol.
2. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5305 From Project
Gutenberg,
free e-books produced by volunteers.
"Written by a Greek resident of Alexandria in Egypt during the first
century BCE, this text is one of the oldest surviving accounts of the countries
on Africa's east coast." Part of the course "WORLD CIVILIZATION
101Q, Remote Learning on the World Wide Web" Designed and taught by
George Ouwendijk and Bill Rednour, at the History Department, The City College
of New York.
Site by Patricia Seed, Professor of History at Rice University, illustrating
Portuguese and Spanish overseas exploration in the 15th century, includes
15th-16th century maps, examples of ships used, the conditions for explorers
of the era. See also the History of Cartography page by the British Library
Map Librarian, Tony Campbell : http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/maps/
Published 1974. Full text online. "Offered here
is an English translation of the Sudan portion of Theodoro Krump's Hoher
und Fruchtbarer Palm-Baum des Heiligen Evangelij (Augsburg: Georg Schulter & Martin
Happach, 1710). "Theodoro Krump's account of Sinnar between 1700 and
1702 is in many respects the most important single written source concerning
the precolonial history of the Sudan." "Krump
contributes data of unparalleled quality on the organization and conduct
of the trans-Saharan caravan trade, the commerce in slaves,
Sudanese medical practices, Sudanese relations
with Ethiopia and a wide array of often unexpected vignettes of daily
life." Prof. Spaulding teaches
in the History Dept., Kean University, Union, New Jersey. [KF] http://www.kean.edu/~jspauldi/
Speke (1868; Dover, 1996). Reviewed by Sean Redmond in The Journal
of African Travel-Writing, Number 3, September 1997 (pp. 87-91)
Stanley, Henry Morton
"Is
he not in Congo-land? Excerpts from the writings of the nineteenth-century
explorer Henry Morton Stanley." From The Atlantic, Sept.
1996. Includes a biography. http://www2.theatlantic.com/atlantic/issues/96sep/congo/stanley.htm
A tutorial with a section on African exploration. Includes Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal, the Sugar and Slave Trades. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/
Authors: Almada, Andre Alvares d', fl. 1594. ; Mota, A. Teixeira da ;
(Avelino Teixeira); Hair, P. E. H. ; (Paul Edward Hedley); Boulègue,
Jean. [Liverpool] : Dept. of History, University of Liverpool,
1984. 2 vols. (Pt. 1. Translated text -- Pt.
2. Notes). (Privately produced and circulated by the late Paul Hair).
Covers Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde. Includes a bibliography. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Africana.Almada01
Authors: Alvares, Manuel, 1526-1583. ; Mota, A. Teixeira da ; (Avelino
Teixeira); Matos, Luís de. ; Hair, P. E. H. ; (Paul Edward Hedley). [Liverpool,
England] : Dept. of History, University of Liverpool, 1990. 1 vol. (Privately
produced and circulated by the late Paul Hair). http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Africana.Alvares01
Authors: A Teixeira da Mota; P E H Hair. [Liverpool?] : Issued by the
Dept. of History, University of Li verpool, 1989. 1 vol. (various pagings).
(Privately produced and circulated by the late Paul Hair.) http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Africana.Jesuit01
In Portuguese and English. Has a short biography "Vasco
da Gama, Navigator and Warrior 1468 (?) - 1524" by
Fernando Correia da Silva, translated by John D. Godinho, a biography
of D. João
II by Carlos Loures. "...we intend to tell the story
of an endless number of Portuguese-speaking people, regardless of nationality,
who contributed significantly to a human endeavor, to a country or to
an era. Each biography will observe historical accuracy mixed with a
touch of imagination..." Site coordenação de Fernando Correia da
Silva. http://www.vidaslusofonas.pt/
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