Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa

Author: Frank G. Carpenter

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Description Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa

Fascinating book for all ages telling of travels through Africa over 100 years ago. Covering the continent by steamer and train and other more primitive means of transport, the reader will enjoy learning of African life long before knowledge of this continent was available to most people throughout the world. Summary by BettyB.

Note: This text was published more than 100 years ago in 1905.The listener should be aware that the descriptions of the native peoples, their dress and home life reflected the perceptions and thinking of the early 20th century which some listeners may find offensive.

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PrefaceFrom New York to GibraltarMoroccoThrough Interior MoroccoIn Fez, the Capital of MoroccoAlgeria, General ViewIn AlgiersThe City of TunisThe Desert of SaharaIn the Oasis off BiskraA Caravan RideTripoli and its OasesThe Land of the NileEgypt- A Trip through the CountryAlexandria and CairoAncient Egypt - The Pyramids and the SphinxA Trip through the Suez CanalNubiaThe Roof of Africa - AbyssiniaAcross East Africa by RailAbout Lake VictoriaIn UgandaElephants and IvoryThe Strange Animals of AfricaIn the SudanAbout Kuka and Lake TchadIn the Land of the HausasThe Upper Niger - Timbuktu and JenneThe Spanish PossessionsThe Home of the NegroSenegambia, Sierra Leone aand Liberia - The KroosLagos - A Visit to a West African FactoryThe Yorubans - Southern NigeriaThe Home of the Gorilla - Kamerun and French KongoThe Kongo and Its BasinLife upon the KongoTrade and Commerce of the KongoIn the Great African Forest - PygmiesThrough German East Africa to the Indian OceanZanzibarWith the Portugese in AfricaBritish South AfricaRhodesia - the Zambesi - The Niagara of AfricaFarming in South AfricaA Visit to an Ostrich FarmKimberley and the Diamond MinesThe Gold Mines of South Africa - JohannesburgNatal, the Garden of South AfricaCape ColonyGerman Southwest AfricaAngola or Portugese West Africa

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