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The first ascent of Mount Kenya

H.J. Mackinder ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by K. Michael Barbour

Hurst, c1991

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注記

Bibliography: p. 272-274

Includes index

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内容説明

An account of the author's ascent of Mount Kenya in 1899. Mackinder led a caravan of 176 persons to the summit of the higher of the two peaks. Despite an agreement with William Heinemann, the account has not been published until now. This volume includes additional notes by an English geographer.

目次

  • The journey out
  • Zanzibar
  • mombassa
  • the journey inland
  • Nairobi
  • on the kapoti Plains
  • meranga
  • with Ngombe
  • through the Kenya Forest
  • a crisis
  • first attempt on Mount Kenya
  • the Kaikipian Plain
  • Saunders' diary
  • success
  • the circuit of the peaks
  • homeward. Appendices: artoc
  • e bu Campbell Hausberg on the first ascent, published in 1929
  • Europeans in East Africa, 1899, as provided to mackinder
  • African Porters engaged by Mackinder for the expedition
  • regulations to be observed by caravan leaders and others in the engagement and treatment of porters
  • the expedition's camps.

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