❰PDF / Epub❯ ☀ The Congo and the Cameroons Author Mary Henrietta Kingsley – Qqpokerv.me Contemptuous of Europe's 'civilising mission' in Africa Mary Kingsley's 1862 1900 extraordinary journeys through tropical west Africa are a remarkable record both of a world which has vanished and ofPDF / Epub The Congo and the Cameroons Author Mary Henrietta Kingsley Qqpokerv.me Contemptuous of Europe's 'civilising mission' in Africa Mary Kingsley's 1862 1900 extraordinary journeys through tropical west Africa are a remarkable record both of a world which has vanished and of and the eBook Contemptuous of Europe's 'civilising mission' in Africa Mary Kingsley's extraordinary journeys through tropical west Africa are a rem.
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The Congo and the Cameroons PDF EPUB Î The CongoPDF congo ebok, cameroons free, The Congo ebok, and the mobile, Congo and the mobile, The Congo and the Cameroons KindleSuuuper colonial Africa Mary Kingsley is hilarious and her observations about the nature around her are fascinating Only three stars because as can be expected from Victorian Colonial literature there's a lot of racism about the people hauling her supplies up a mountain As I said entire
The Congo and the Cameroons PDF EPUB Î The CongoPDF congo ebok, cameroons free, The Congo ebok, and the mobile, Congo and the mobile, The Congo and the Cameroons KindleThis is a great little excerpt book Kingsley is a fascinating woman well ahead of her time and she writes very entertainingly It is hard to believe the original book was published in 1897The book covers her travels through modern Gabon and her ascent of Mt CameroonThere is some wonderful writing with this book The rocks are covered with moss and ferns and the mist curling and wandering about among the stems is very lovely I have to pause in life's pleasures because I want to measure one of the large earthworms which with smaller sealing wax red worms are crawling about He was eleven inches and three uarters He detained me some time getting this information because he was so nervous during this operation P50 My men shouted to me above the roar that it was
The Congo and the Cameroons PDF EPUB ΠThe CongoPDF congo ebok, cameroons free, The Congo ebok, and the mobile, Congo and the mobile, The Congo and the Cameroons Kindle The Congo and the Cameroons contains excerpts from Mary Kingsley's memoir Travels in West Africa published in 1897 The first two sections cover some observations and anecdotes about West African flora and fauna while the last two thirds of the book follow Mary's climbing of Mount CameroonMary like her fellow solo traveler Isabella Bird was a tough cookie She was only about 33 years old when she decided to become the third Englishman to ascend the Peak of Mount Cameroon and the first to have ascended it from the southeast face p 33–34 With her trusty umbrella some German camping gear and a small group of native assistants she set off into the jungle Surviving rain mud tornadoes and
The Congo and the Cameroons PDF EPUB Î The CongoPDF congo ebok, cameroons free, The Congo ebok, and the mobile, Congo and the mobile, The Congo and the Cameroons KindleThis is an absolutely fabulous tale of adventure and travelI began it with a vague awareness that the author was related to Charles Kingsley he of the unreadable 'Water Babies' and an expectation of perhaps a missionary journeyI was utterly wrongMiss Kingsley was his niece merely a spirited and very funny writer with a distaste for missionary work With a team of native porters etc she embarks on a truly daredevil voyage through crocodile infested mangrove swamps forests of gorillas and a successful ascent of Mt Cameroon despite endless rain and recalcitrant servantsDespite utterly grim conditions the author remains upbeat and entertaining writing of the spectacular views the mist shrouded forests and the dlorious flora concluding Why did I come to Africa Why who would not come to its twin brother hell itself for all the beauty and the charm of it
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The Congo and the Cameroons PDF EPUB Î The CongoPDF congo ebok, cameroons free, The Congo ebok, and the mobile, Congo and the mobile, The Congo and the Cameroons Kindleas far as books by wild racists go this was alright as far as travelogues go
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The Congo and the Cameroons PDF EPUB Î The CongoPDF congo ebok, cameroons free, The Congo ebok, and the mobile, Congo and the mobile, The Congo and the Cameroons KindleLovely book with beautiful language and such picturesue descriptions I imagine Tolkien read this book and took her description of the Cameroon mountain for his land of Mirkwood
The Congo and the Cameroons PDF EPUB Î The CongoPDF congo ebok, cameroons free, The Congo ebok, and the mobile, Congo and the mobile, The Congo and the Cameroons KindleKingsley is an author I had not previously heard of and the brief introduction to this volume was not particularly enlightening As for the text itself like others in the Great Journeys series it consists of short excerpts from books by the authorKingsley's archaic and ponderous prose style takes some getting used to for a modern reader but the book does benefit from her witty descriptions and amusing anecdotes concerning her travels in Africa Her gift for light comedy comes across clearly though it is interesting for a modern audience how she characterises Africans as childlike buffoons Apparently she travelled to Africa as an anthropologist and was sympathetic to local customs to some degree but also subscribed to some aspects of the notion of the 'civilising mission' of Colo
The Congo and the Cameroons PDF EPUB Î The CongoPDF congo ebok, cameroons free, The Congo ebok, and the mobile, Congo and the mobile, The Congo and the Cameroons Kindle2010 bookcrossing reviewThese aren't the longest of reads This one was pretty interesting and a good read; very descriptive I really got an image of the African mountains and mangroves in my mind from this little bookThis one is from the late 1800s and from one of the few female adventurers in this collection It's kind of amazing