Early Travel Writing

>>9012892
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Heinrich Barth has a good account of his travels in the Dark Continent. Very worth checking out but expensive.

>>9012903

My library has

>Barth's travels in Nigeria : extracts from the journal of Heinrich Barth's travels in Nigeria, 1850-1855 / selected and edited, with an introduction by A. H. M. Kirk-Greene.

and

>Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa : being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855

currently available.

Which should I start with?

>>9012909
First one, then continue with the second if you like it. Barth can be a little detailed which is understandable for what's ostensibly supposed to be a scientific report of his travels so don't expect some amazing plotting or anything.
If you're looking for more explorers, Thames and Hudson publishes an anthology of brief biographies of explorers ("The Great Explorers") that would give you any number of interesting people to pursue.

Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket to be entirely honest with you famalam.

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>>9012892
non-fiction Victorian Exploration:

Theodore Roosevelt: "Hunting Trails", "African Travels", "Through the Brazilian Wilderness"

Kermit Roosevelt: "East of the Sun and West of the Moon"

John Boyes: "A White King in Africa"

Carl Akeley: "In Brightest Africa" (pic related)