Exploration & Journeys
The Kilima-Njaro expedition
Harry Johnston · narrated by Moss
2026
17h 25m
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Harry Johnston's account of his 1884 expedition to Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain. He describes the ascent, the peoples of the East African highlands, and the plants and animals of the region as European interest in the continent quickened. A colorful window into Victorian exploration on the eve of the scramble for Africa.
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30 chapters
- 1THE KILIMA-NJARO EXPEDITION. A RECORD OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION IN EASTERN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. AND A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY, LANGUAGES, AND COMMERCE OF THE KILIMA-NJARO DISTRICT.4m
- 2NOTE TO THE READER.4m
- 3CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.30m
- 4CHAPTER II. SIR JOHN KIRK AT HOME.40m
- 5CHAPTER III. THE START—MOMBASA TO TAITA.44m
- 6CHAPTER IV. TAITA TO KILIMA-NJARO.54m
- 7CHAPTER V. ARRIVAL AT MANDARA’S COURT.38m
- 8CHAPTER VI. MY FIRST SETTLEMENT ON KILIMA-NJARO.49m
- 9CHAPTER VII. “HALCYON DAYS.”38m
- 10CHAPTER VIII. “TROUBLOUS TIMES.”38m
- 11CHAPTER IX. AN ANXIOUS PERIOD.37m
- 12CHAPTER X. A TRIP TO TAVEITA.41m
- 13CHAPTER XI. A FIRST ASCENT.26m
- 14CHAPTER XII. A MOVE TO MARAṄU.[24]31m
- 15CHAPTER XIII. A SECOND ASCENT.38m
- 16CHAPTER XIV. THROUGH THE FORESTS OF KIMAWENZI AND THE COUNTRY OF ROMBO.28m
- 17CHAPTER XV. LAKE ǰIPÉ AND THE ROAD TO GONǰA.24m
- 18CHAPTER XVI. GONǰA TO LONDON.25m
- 19CHAPTER XVII. CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, BOTANY, ETC.28m
- 20CHAPTER XVIII. ZOOLOGY.23m
- 21APPENDICES.[39]1h 7m
- 22LIST OF MAMMALS OBTAINED AND OBSERVED ON MOUNT KILIMA-NJARO AND ITS VICINITY.18m
- 23CHAPTER XIX. ANTHROPOLOGY.1h 16m
- 24Chapter 2617m
- 25CHAPTER XX. THE LANGUAGES OF THE KILIMA-NJARO DISTRICT.40m
- 26Chapter 2846m
- 27CHAPTER XXI. THE COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS OF E. EQUATORIAL AFRICA.48m
- 28Chapter 3223m
- 29Chapter 3339m
- 30Chapter 3433m
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