Hearts of Darkness: The European Exploration of AfricaThis book proposes a thematic treatment of the subject. Following an historical survey of the achievements and scope of the explorers, the ensuing chapters deal with exploration under a series of different headings including imperialism, psychology, warfare, the impact on indigenous societies, slavery and diseases. The book encompasses the whole of African exploration from the charting of the Niger by Mungo Park in 1796, the achievements of Speke, Burton, Livingstone and Stanley, as well as other less well-known figures including French and German exploreres, up to Stanley's last great trek across Africa in 1897. Frank McLynn is the author of Charles Edward Stuart which was short-listed for the 1989 McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year and The Jacobite Army in England which won the 1985 Cheltenham Prize for Literature. |
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West Africa and the Niger | 13 |
From the Cape to the Zambezi | 39 |
The Mountains of the Moon | 55 |
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African exploration animals Arabs arrived attack Bagamoyo became Bombay Brazza British Buganda Bunyoro Burton Cameron camp canoes caravan carried Central Africa Chaillu chief Chuma civilisation Clapperton cloth coast colonial Congo crocodile crossed Dark Continent death Denham desert died disease donkeys East Africa elephant Emin Pasha Equatoria European expedition fever force Glave Gondokoro guns Harry Johnston hongo hostile human imperialism Indian interior ivory Joseph Thomson Journal journey Junker Kabbarega Kamurasi killed Kukawa Lake Albert Lake Nyasa Lake Tanganyika Lake Victoria Lander later leopard Leopold lion Livingstone loads Lualaba Makololo malaria Manyema Masai miles missionaries Mutesa Niger Nile Nyamwezi once party porters Portuguese reached rhino river Royal Geographical Society Samuel Baker Schweinfurth shot slave trade slavery smallpox Speke Stanley Stanley's Susi Tabora Teleki Timbuktu Tippu Tip took travellers tribal tribes tsetse tusks Ujiji village wangwana West Zambezi Zanzibar