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THE JOURNAL OF FREDERICK HORNEMAN’S TRAVELS, FROM CAIRO TO MOURZOUK, THE CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF FEZZAN, IN AFRICA.
INTRODUCTION.
PREFACE TO THE JOURNAL, &c.
CHAPTER I. VOYAGE FROM CAIRO TO AUGILA.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
APPENDIX. No. I.
POSTSCRIPT.
INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING THE INTERIOR PART OF NORTH AFRICA.
GEOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF MR. HORNEMAN’S ROUTE; AND ADDITIONS TO THE GENERAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA. BY MAJOR RENNELL.
Appendices: I. Observations on F. Horneman's description of the country and antiquities of Siwah; with reference to ancient accounts of the oasis and temple of Ammon. By Sir William Young ... II. Some account of F. Horneman, after his arrival at Mourzouk. III. A memoir, containing various informations respecting the interior of Africa; transmitted from Mourzouk in 1799, by F. Horneman. IV. Geographical illustrations of the travels and information of F. Horneman, with maps; by Major James Rennell ... V. Observations on the language of Siwah; in a letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Ranks; by William Marsden ... IV. List of the members of the society, instituted for the purpose of promoting a discovery of the interior parts of Africa.
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (316K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
London: G. and W. Nicol, 1802.
Credits
Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
Aug 17, 2023
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1772–1800
Driven by curiosity and nerve, this young German explorer became one of the first modern Europeans to cross the northeastern Sahara. His short, perilous journey opened a rare window onto regions of North and Central Africa that were little known in Europe at the time.
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