Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa
Frank G. Carpenter
Play
Length 7 h 39 min
Chapters 50
First published 1905
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.
Chapters
1
Preface Read by BettyB 3:27
2
Morocco Read by BettyB 9:01
3
Through Interior Morocco Read by BettyB 9:01
4
In Fez, the Capital of Morocco Read by BettyB 8:58
5
Algeria, General View Read by BettyB 10:24
6
In Algiers Read by BettyB 10:09
7
The City of Tunis Read by BettyB 10:55
8
The Desert of Sahara Read by BettyB 6:27
9
In the Oasis off Biskra Read by BettyB 8:33
10
A Caravan Ride Read by BettyB 12:56
11
Tripoli and its Oases Read by BettyB 10:02
12
The Land of the Nile Read by BettyB 6:07
13
Egypt- A Trip through the Country Read by BettyB 7:46
14
Alexandria and Cairo Read by BettyB 14:28
15
Ancient Egypt - The Pyramids and the Sphinx Read by BettyB 8:08
16
A Trip through the Suez Canal Read by BettyB 6:16
17
Nubia Read by BettyB 10:28
18
The Roof of Africa - Abyssinia Read by BettyB 12:40
19
Across East Africa by Rail Read by BettyB 8:06
20
About Lake Victoria Read by BettyB 9:04
21
In Uganda Read by BettyB 7:12
22
Elephants and Ivory Read by BettyB 9:30
23
The Strange Animals of Africa Read by BettyB 7:53
24
In the Sudan Read by BettyB 5:33
25
About Kuka and Lake Tchad Read by BettyB 10:40
26
In the Land of the Hausas Read by BettyB 10:23
27
The Upper Niger - Timbuktu and Jenne Read by BettyB 13:04
28
The Spanish Possessions Read by BettyB 2:09
29
The Home of the Negro Read by BettyB 10:34
30
Senegambia, Sierra Leone aand Liberia - The Kroos Read by BettyB 10:53
31
Lagos - A Visit to a West African Factory Read by BettyB 6:19
32
The Yorubans - Southern Nigeria Read by BettyB 8:37
33
The Home of the Gorilla - Kamerun and French Kongo Read by BettyB 5:54
34
The Kongo and Its Basin Read by BettyB 9:54
35
Life upon the Kongo Read by BettyB 14:30
36
Trade and Commerce of the Kongo Read by BettyB 8:18
37
In the Great African Forest - Pygmies Read by BettyB 8:41
38
Through German East Africa to the Indian Ocean Read by BettyB 10:48
39
Zanzibar Read by BettyB 5:35
40
With the Portugese in Africa Read by BettyB 12:44
41
British South Africa Read by BettyB 8:00
42
Rhodesia - the Zambesi - The Niagara of Africa Read by BettyB 5:22
43
Farming in South Africa Read by BettyB 8:22
44
A Visit to an Ostrich Farm Read by BettyB 11:32
45
Kimberley and the Diamond Mines Read by BettyB 11:28
46
The Gold Mines of South Africa - Johannesburg Read by BettyB 9:39
47
Natal, the Garden of South Africa Read by BettyB 8:51
48
Cape Colony Read by BettyB 8:44
49
German Southwest Africa Read by BettyB 5:44
50
Angola or Portugese West Africa Read by BettyB 11:08
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