Richard Burton: The African Years

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Illustrations x
5. Maps xi
6. Introduction 1
7. Heinrich Barth: An Exercise in Empathy 13
8. David Livingstone: Exploration for Christianity 39
9. Richard Burton: The African Years 63
10. John Harming Speke: Negotiating a Way to the Nile 95
11. Samuel White Baker: Prospero in Purgatory 139
12. Gerhard Rohlfs: The Lonely Explorer 175
13. Henry Morton Stanley: The Opening Up of the Congo Basin 223
14. Verney Lovett Cameron: A Sailor in Central Africa 255
15. Joseph Thomson: Energy, Humanism, and Imperialism 295
16. Bibliography Index
17. Bibliography 323
18. Index 333
19. The Authors 349