Mary Henrietta Kingsley

"Travels in West Africa" recounts Mary H. Kingsley's remarkable late 19th-century journeys through the region. This captivating exploration of West Africa offers a firsthand account of her adventures, encounters, and observations. A bold and independent woman, Kingsley defied convention, venturing into territories largely unknown to Europeans. This historical narrative details her experiences navigating challenging landscapes and immersing herself in diverse cultures. Kingsley's writing provides invaluable insights into the people, customs, and environments of West Africa during a pivotal era. Her work remains a significant contribution to both travel literature and historical understanding of the continent. A timeless classic, "Travels in West Africa" provides a unique window into a world of adventure and discovery.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"Travels in West Africa" recounts Mary H. Kingsley's remarkable late 19th-century journeys through the region. This captivating exploration of West Africa offers a firsthand account of her adventures, encounters, and observations. A bold and independent woman, Kingsley defied convention, venturing into territories largely unknown to Europeans. This historical narrative details her experiences navigating challenging landscapes and immersing herself in diverse cultures. Kingsley's writing provides invaluable insights into the people, customs, and environments of West Africa during a pivotal era. Her work remains a significant contribution to both travel literature and historical understanding of the continent. A timeless classic, "Travels in West Africa" provides a unique window into a world of adventure and discovery.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Travels in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons I inquired of all my friends as a beginning what they knew of West Africa. The majority knew nothing. A percentage said, Oh, you can't possibly go there; that's where Sierra Leone is, the white man's grave, you know. If these were pressed further, one occasionally found that they had had relations who had gone out there after having been sad trials, but, on consideration Of their having left not only West Africa, but this world, were now forgiven and for gotten. One lady however kindly remembered a case Of a gentleman who had resided some few years at Fernando po, but when he returned an aged wreck of forty he shook so Violently with ague as to dislodge a chandelier, thereby destroying a valuable tea-service and flattening the silver teapot in its midst. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

I am also under a debt of gratitude to Professor Tylor. He also is not involved in my opinions, but he kindly ermits me to tell him things that I can only "tell Tylor"; and now and again, as you will see in the Fetish question, he comes down on me with a refreshing firmness; in fact, I feel that any attempt at fantastic explanations of West African culture will not receive any encouragement from him; and it is a great comfort to a mere drudge like myself to know there is some one who cares for facts, without theories draping them. I will merely add that to all my own West Coast friends I remain indebted; and that if you ever come across any one who says I owe them much, you may take it as a rule that I do, though in all my written stuff I have most carefully ticketed its source. I now turn to the explanation and apology for this book, briefly.

Title: Travels in West Africa. ... Second edition, abridged.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Kingsley, Mary Henrietta; 1897. xiv. 541 p.; 8 . 010097.g.15.