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First Footsteps in East Africa

First Footsteps in East Africa

Hardcover

Adventurers & ExplorersAfrican HistoryAfrica

ISBN10: 1025656857
ISBN13: 9781025656854
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 394
Weight: 1.60
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

First Footsteps in East Africa is a seminal work of Victorian travel literature by the legendary explorer and polyglot Sir Richard Francis Burton. This compelling narrative chronicles Burton's daring 1854-1855 expedition into the Horn of Africa, focusing on his historic journey to the forbidden city of Harar in modern-day Ethiopia. As the first European to enter this secluded urban center and return alive, Burton provides a vivid and meticulously detailed account of the geography, culture, and politics of a region then largely unknown to the Western world.

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