Bøger af James L. Newman

Over four million years ago, back at the origins of humanity, is where this book begins its account of the African continent, using regions, spaces and places for viewing its people and showing how they have responded to time. It ends at the onset of the colonial era in the late-19th century.

Few people have garnered so much enduring interest as Sir Richard Burton. A true polymath, Burton is best known today for his translations of the Kama Sutra and Arabian Nights. Yet, Africa stood at the center of his adult life.

"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" The man who uttered those famous words was compared with Christopher Columbus in his day and became one of the late nineteenth century's most newsworthy figures.