Uganda to the Cape

4.8

Another volume in the author's series of travelling the world and telling of its peoples, agriculture, industry, and social habits . This time we a(re visiting the continent of Africa with special interest on Uganda, Zanzibar, Tanganyika Territory, Mozambique, Rhodesia and the Union of South Africa. (Summary by Betty B)

Chapitres

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Where We Are Going 3:40 Lu par BettyB
On Lake Victoria 18:46 Lu par BettyB
In Uganda 12:48 Lu par BettyB
A Talk with a King 17:13 Lu par BettyB
Bark Cloth and Americana 10:22 Lu par BettyB
King Mutesa's Tomb and His Bald-Headed Widows 15:44 Lu par BettyB
The Namirembe Cathedral 8:41 Lu par BettyB
Three-Dollar Wives 14:09 Lu par BettyB
A New Cotton Belt 10:57 Lu par BettyB
Where the Nile Begins 11:46 Lu par BettyB
In Tanganyika Territory 20:35 Lu par BettyB
An Outpost of World Trade 10:52 Lu par BettyB
Witch Doctors and Demons 12:09 Lu par BettyB
Dar-es-Salaam and the Swahili 16:51 Lu par BettyB
Zanzibar, Island of Spices 13:29 Lu par BettyB
Elephants and Ivory Hunters 11:28 Lu par BettyB
Mozambique 13:36 Lu par BettyB
The Land of Cecil Rhodes 10:08 Lu par BettyB
Bulawayo, the Chief City of Rhodesia 13:16 Lu par BettyB
At the Tomb of the Empire Builder 16:03 Lu par BettyB
King Solomon;s Mines 9:14 Lu par BettyB
Africa's Niagara 17:12 Lu par BettyB
On the Cape-to-Cairo Route 14:51 Lu par BettyB
The Copper Hills of Central Africa 9:30 Lu par BettyB
Acres of Diamonds at Kimberley 11:31 Lu par BettyB
A Day in the Diamond Mines 20:24 Lu par BettyB
Johannesburg, Gold City of the World 10:09 Lu par BettyB
On the Rand 20:01 Lu par BettyB
A British Capital in the Land of the Boers 12:32 Lu par BettyB
The Great Cullinan Diamond 10:47 Lu par BettyB
Among the Kaffirs 16:03 Lu par BettyB
Feather Farms of South Africa 14:02 Lu par BettyB
At the Continent's End 16:00 Lu par BettyB

Critiques

Time travel at its best


Carpenter’s travel books are a wonderful way of seeing the world as it was. I listened to this after a trip to South Africa, and particularly enjoyed hearing his descriptions of the same places I visited. One has to be prepared for some dated views of course = but that is part of experiencing history. The reader brings it to life very well.