africa

In 1850 Heinrich Barth joined a small British expedition into unexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa. One by one his companions died and Barth alone eventually reached Timbuktu. His five and a half year 10,000 mile journey ranks among the greatest journeys in exploration and his discoveries are considered indispensible by modern scholars of Africa.

Chronicles the author's 11,855-mile, 262-day bicycle trip through Africa, during which he and his team traveled through fourteen countries and encountered sandstorms, unfamiliar foods, and tropical heat, as well as African hospitality, kindness, and beautiful scenery.

Chronicles an African-American's journey through Africa from the Sahara to Rwanda.

Reconstructs the routes followed by early explorers who wanted to find the source of the Nile and explains what each explorer learned during his travels.

Robert Haas, a photographer with National Geographic, presents his photographs of animals from around the world, which he shot from the air.