September 1
Started to read this by Stanley mid August. It is slow reading because of a long introduction and the words used are very unfamiliar. Even after looking some of them up I struggle to remember when I come across them later in the story. I have been jotting down thisngs I need explained and will make a list here and look up later! maybe!
matama
manioc
Bagamoyo
Zanzibar
El Dorado
Matuti
Masika
Martin Chuzzlewit
Percys and Douglasses
Women of Kisemo frequently wear lenthy necklaces etc and ankle rings and wrist bracelets were they like Ubangi?
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Burton & Speke
Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts.
Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria
Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (/ˈbɜːrtən/; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar,[1] and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke twenty-nine languages.[2]
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Jungles & Forests are mentioned frequently making me wonder the difference. I knew a jungle must be humid!
A forest has many tall trees and can usually be traveled through by humans. The word 'jungle' is usually used to describe a tangled or overgrown mass of vegetation over a large area of land.
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September 27
this books feels like it will never end. I will define these once I finish. :)
Thraldom
Artificial horizon
Libya desolate in 1866
Aster A ???
Webb's River
White Nile
Manyurma
Wag Tail birds.
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need to know now- Wag Tail Birds and Artificial Horizon
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