Zanzibar by Richard Francis Burton - 9781108031479

ZanzibarCity, Island, and Coast\nAuthor(s): Richard Francis Burton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108031479, 978-1108031479\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1872, this two-volume memoir by explorer, ethnographer and diplomat Sir Richard Burton [tel] was written while Burton and John Hanning Speke were making preparations for their expedition to solve one of the major geographical mysteries of the nineteenth century - the location of the source of the Nile. Volume 2 concerns the two journeys to the interior of West Africa, a 'tentative expedition' in early 1857, and the nineteen-month exploration, which began in June 1857, into the East African highlands. Burton was in poor health, and Speke travelled further north without him; he discovered Lake Victoria, and (rightly) concluded that it was the source of the Nile. This led to the notorious dispute between the two explorers, and in his final cha.