{"title":"History - Africa - East","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-discovery-of-the-source-of-the-nile-gb-3284","title":"The Discovery of the Source of the Nile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Discovery of the Source of the Nile\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n      In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to\n      me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that\n      came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of Africa. If my\n      account should not entirely harmonise with preconceived notions as to\n      primitive races, I cannot help it. I profess accurately to describe native\n      AfricaAfrica in those places where it has not received the\n      slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation.\n      If the picture be a dark one, we should, when contemplating these sons of\n      Noah, try and carry our mind back to that time when our poor elder brother\n      Ham was cursed by his father, and condemned to be the slave of both Shem\n      and Japheth; for as they were then, so they appear to be nowa\n      strikingly existing proof of the Holy Scriptures. But one thing must be\n      remembered: Whilst the people of Europe and Asia were blessed by communion\n      with God through the medium of His prophets, and obtained divine laws to\n      regulate their ways and keep them in mind of Him who made them, the\n      Africans were excluded from this dispensation, and consequently have no\n      idea of an overruling Providence or a future state; they therefore trust\n      to luck and to charms, and think only of self-preservation in this world.\n      Whatever, then, may be said against them for being too avaricious or too\n      destitute of fellow-feeling, should rather reflect on ourselves, who have\n      been so much better favoured, yet have neglected to teach them, than on\n      those who, whilst they are sinning, know not what they are doing. To say a\n      negro is incapable of instruction, is a mere absurdity; for those few boys\n      who have been educated in our schools have proved themselves even quicker\n      than our own at learning; whilst, amongst themselves, the deepness of\n      their cunning and their power of repartee are quite surprising, and are\n      especially shown in their proficiency for telling lies most appropriately\n      in preference to truth, and with an off-handed manner that makes them most\n      amusing.\n    \n\n      With these remarks, I now give, as an appropriate introduction to my\n      narrative(1.) An account of the general geographical features of\n      the countries we are about to travel in, leaving the details to be treated\n      under each as we successively pass through them; (2.) A general view of\n      the atmospheric agents which wear down and so continually help to reduce\n      the continent, yet at the same time assist to clothe it with vegetation;\n      (3.) A general view of the Flora; and, lastly, that which consumes it,\n      (4.) Its Fauna; ending with a few special remarks on the Wanguana, or men\n      freed from slavery.\n    \n\n\n \n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 3284 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Speke, John Hanning \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 1, 2002 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Speke, John Hanning,1827-1864 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43212342100125,"sku":"gb-3284-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/3284_f40848e6-3437-45e0-bb2f-56fc9a4bd73f.jpg?v=1671255510"},{"product_id":"sketches-of-the-east-africa-campaign-gb-10362","title":"Sketches of the East Africa Campaign","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSketches of the East Africa Campaign\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese sketches of General Smuts' campaign of 1916 in German East\r\nAfrica, do not presume to give an accurate account of the tactical\r\nor strategical events of this war. The actual knowledge of the\r\nhappenings of war and of the considerations that persuade an Army\r\nCommander to any course of military conduct must, of necessity, be\r\na closed book to the individual soldier. To the fighting man\r\nhimself and to the man on the lines of communication, who helps to\r\nfeed and clothe and arm and doctor him, the history of his\r\nparticular war is very meagre. War, to the soldier, is limited to\r\nthe very narrow horizon of his front, the daily work of his\r\nregiment, or, at the most, of his brigade. Rarely does news from\r\nthe rest of one brigade spread to the troops of another in the\r\nfield. Only in the hospital that serves the division are the events\r\nof his bit of war correlated and reduced to a comprehensive whole.\r\nEven then the resulting knowledge is usually wrong. For the\r\nimagination of officers, and of men in particular, is wonderful,\r\nand rumour has its birthplace in the hospital ward. One may take it\r\nas an established fact that the ordinary regimental officer or\r\nsoldier knows little or nothing about events other than his\r\nparticular bit of country. Only the Staff know, and they will not\r\ntell. Sometimes we have thought that all the real news lives in the\r\ncloistered brain of the General and his Chief of Staff. Be this as\r\nit may, we always got fuller and better correlated and co-ordinated\r\nnews of the German East African Campaign from \"Reuter\" or from\r\nThe Times weekly edition.\nBut if the soldier in the forward division knows nothing of the\r\nstrategical events of his war, there are many things of which he\r\ndoes know, and so well too that they eclipse the greater\r\nstrategical considerations of the war. He does know the food he\r\neats and the food that he would like to eat; moreover, he knew, in\r\nGerman East Africa, what his rations ought to be, and how to do\r\nwithout them. He learnt how to fight and march and carry heavy\r\nequipment on a very empty stomach. He learnt to eke out his meagre\r\nsupplies by living on the wild game of the country, the native\r\nflour, bananas and mangoes. He knew what it meant to have dysentery\r\nand malaria. He had marched under a broiling sun by day and\r\nshivered in the tropic dews at night. He knew what it was to sleep\r\nupon the ground; to hunt for shade from the vertical sun. These and\r\nmany other things did he know, and herein lies the chief interest\r\nof this or of any other campaign.\nFor, strange as it may seem, the soldier in East Africa was more\r\nconcerned about his food and clothing, the tea he thirsted for, the\r\nblisters that tormented his weary feet, the equipment that was so\r\nheavy, the sleep that drugged his footsteps on the march, the lion\r\nthat sniffed around his drowsy head at night, than about the actual\r\nfighting. These are the real points of personal interest in any\r\ncampaign, and if these sketches bear upon the questions of food,\r\nthe matter of transport, the manner of the soldier's illness, the\r\nhospitals he stayed in, the tsetse fly that bit him by day, the\r\nmosquitoes that made his nights a perfect torment, they are the\r\nmore true to life. For fights are few, and, in this thick bush\r\ncountry, frequently degenerate into blind firing into a blinder\r\nbush; but the \"jigger\" flea is with the soldier always.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 10362 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dolbey, Robert Valentine \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Dec 1, 2003 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dolbey, Robert Valentine,1878-1937 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43216202006685,"sku":"gb-10362-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/10362.jpg?v=1671339336"},{"product_id":"in-africa-hunting-adventures-in-the-big-game-country-gb-21254","title":"In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of African stories has no pretentious\r\n      purpose. It is merely the record of a most delightful hunting\r\n      trip into those fascinating regions along the Equator, where\r\n      one may still have \"thrilling adventures\" and live in a\r\n      story-book atmosphere, where the \"roar of the lion\" and the\r\n      \"crack of the rifle\" are part of the every-day life, and\r\n      where in a few months one may store up enough material to\r\n      keep the memory pleasantly occupied all the rest of a\r\n      lifetime. The stories are descriptive of a four-and-a-half\r\n      months' trip in the big game country and pretend to no more\r\n      serious purpose than merely to relate the experiences of a\r\n      self-confessed amateur under such conditions.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 21254 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: McCutcheon, John T. 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Foi mantida a grafia usada nessa edio, tendo sido corrigidos apenas pequenos erros tipogrficos que no alteram a interpretao do texto, e que por isso no foram assinalados.\nQuando regressei a Gouveia, da viagem que fiz s terras de Gungunhana,\r\njulguei conveniente no partir para Manica sem conferenciar com Manuel Antonio\r\nde Sousa que tinha ido a Moambique, e que, demorado de semana para semana em\r\nQuelimane, s chegou a Gouveia no dia 17 de agosto.\nN'esse mesmo dia chegaram tambem ahi uns pretos vindos de Manica, dizendo\r\nque acabavam de apparecer em Macequece uns landins perguntando por fazendas\r\nminhas que deviam ali estar, e que s por se acharem bem guardadas e por ter a\r\ngente do paiz assegurado que taes fazendas no existiam,  que provavelmente os\r\nlandins no roubaram algumas.\nNo vi n'esta noticia motivo que me impedisse a partida para Macequece, mas\r\nem atteno  opinio de Manuel Antonio e de um principe ou grande de Manica,\r\nmeu antigo guia n'essa terra, que ha algum tempo esperava Manuel Antonio em\r\nGouveia, resolvi no ir para Manica, sem ter conhecimento do resultado da\r\nmisso que Gungunhana tinha enviado a Lisboa, e aproveitar o tempo da demora\r\nforada para visitar um paiz a que me referi no relatorio da viagem s terras\r\ndos landins, e onde de facto importava com mais urgencia chegar do que  antiga\r\nfeira portugueza de Manica, objectivo principal da misso de que fui\r\nencarregado.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 34040 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Paiva de Andrada, Joaquim Carlos \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Oct 7, 2010 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Portuguese \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Paiva de Andrada, Joaquim Carlos,1846-1928 \/ eBook \/ Portuguese","offer_id":43219997327517,"sku":"gb-34040-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/34040.jpg?v=1671539828"},{"product_id":"my-african-journey-gb-43035","title":"My African Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy African Journey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn so far as the collection of information is\r\nconcerned, the advantages of travel may often\r\nbe over-stated. So much has been written,\r\nso many facts are upon record about every\r\ncountry, even the most remote, that a\r\njudicious and persevering study of existing\r\nmaterials would no doubt enable a reader to\r\nfill himself with knowledge almost to repletion\r\nwithout leaving his chair. But for the formation\r\nof opinion, for the stirring and enlivenment\r\nof thought, and for the discernment of colour\r\nand proportion, the gifts of travel, especially\r\nof travel on foot, are priceless. It was with\r\nthe design and in the hope of securing such\r\nprizes, that I undertook last year the pilgrimage\r\nof which these pages give account. I cannot\r\ntell whether I have succeeded in winning\r\nvi\r\nthem; and still less whether, if won, they are\r\ntransferable. I therefore view these letters with\r\na modest eye. They were written mainly in\r\nlong hot Uganda afternoons, after the day's\r\nmarch was done. The larger portion has\r\nalready appeared in the Strand Magazine, and\r\nwhat has been added was necessary to complete\r\nthe story.\nThey present a continuous narrative of the\r\nlighter side of what was to me a very delightful\r\nand inspiring journey; and it is in the hope\r\nthat they may vivify and fortify the interest of\r\nthe British people in the wonderful estates\r\nthey have recently acquired in the northeastern\r\nquarter of Africa, that I offer them in\r\na connected form to the indulgence of the\r\npublic.\n\nWinston Spencer Churchill\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 43035 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Churchill, Winston \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 25, 2013 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Churchill, Winston,1874-1965 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43221393080477,"sku":"gb-43035-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/43035.jpg?v=1671596078"},{"product_id":"a-white-king-in-east-africa-gb-61342","title":"A White King in East Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA White King in East Africa\r - The Remarkable Adventures of John Boyes, Trader and Soldier of Fortune, Who Became King of the Savage Wa-Kikuyu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe following pages describe a life of\nadventure in the more remote parts of\nAfricaadventures such as the explorer\nand sportsmen do not generally encounter. The\nman to whom the episodes narrated in this book\nrefer has been personally known to me for ten\nyears. We have hunted big game and explored\ntogether many a time in the African jungle;\nand as it is principally at my instigation that\nhe has put the following account of his experiences\ninto writing, I think it is due to him and\nto the public that I should make known my\nresponsibility in the matter.\nIt seemed to me that the adventures John\nBoyes underwent were something quite out of\nthe common; in these matter-of-fact days they\nmay be said to be almost unique. In the days\nviiiof exploration and discovery, when Captain Cook\nand such heroes lived and thrived, they were\nperhaps common enough; but every year the\nopportunities of such adventure get more and\nmore remote, and as the uttermost parts of the\nearth are brought under the influence of civilization\nwill become ever more impossible. For\nthis reason alone a story such as told here seems\nto be worth recording.\nThere is no attempt at literary style. The\nman tells his tale in a simple, matter-of-fact way,\nand, as his Editor, I have thought it better from\nevery point of view to leave his words as he\nhas written them.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 61342 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Boyes, John \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Feb 8, 2020 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Bulpett, C. W. 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