A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20 : accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the Niger : with a chart of the routes and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of northern Africa (1821)

Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832, Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823, Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827, Harley, George, 1791-1871, Gauci, M, Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, Murray, John, 1778-1843, Davison, Thomas, -1831 · London : John Murray · leaf 166

An illustration from A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20 : accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the Niger : with a chart of the routes and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of northern Africa, 1821, leaf 166 — led forward by swimmers, who hold or push with one hand whilst they strike with the other. Smaller rafts are used to carry four or five men, or some light goods ; these, according to my informants, are formed with cross spars and gourds. The men sit astride on this machine, having their legs in the… … I learnt with astonishment, that though the river has many crocodiles, they never attack the legs of people passing in this manner. Whether the raft or the bright yellow of the gourds intimidates them I cannot tell, but so it is. The river, according to the natives, is said to run past Foor — (I)ar…

Slave trade -- Libya · Libya -- Description and travel · Tripoli (Libya) -- Description and travel · Fezzan (Libya) -- Description and travel

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.

More pictures from A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20 : accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the Niger : with a chart of the routes and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of northern Africa

A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20 : accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the Niger : with a chart of the routes and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of northern Africa (1821)

More like this