Difficult & dangerous roads
Subtitle: Hugh Clapperton's travels in Sahara and Fezzan (1822-25)
By: edited by Jamie Bruce-Lockhart and John Wright.
Contributors: Wright, John.; Bruce-Lockhart, Jamie.; Society for Libyan Studies (London, England)
Publisher: Sickle Moon Books in association with the Society for Libyan Studies; U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Chester Springs, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827 -- Travel.; Sahara -- Discovery and exploration.; Libyan Desert -- Discovery and exploration.
Other titles: Difficult and dangerous roads
Description: Hugh Clapperton was one of the first British explorers to enter the central Sahara, but his journals have never been published before. Recently discovered in South Africa, they show him to be one of the most sensitive and sympathetic travellers, his observations untainted by any sense of moral superiority. Hugh Clapperton has a sharp eye for detail, be it wind-stiller magicians, the effect of the evil eye or slave skeletons clustered around well heads. He hears musicians in jackal-headed masks and bagpipes in a wedding procession. He has a gift for friendship, feasting locals, offering himself to women and delighting in the company of both dignified tribal sheikhs and fearsome renegades like Mustapha the Red. With sixteen maps and contributions from three leading authorities, these journals will fascinate all who delight in travel and the Sahara.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Distributor from label on p. [4] of cover.