Visualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts [

Examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century, providing an analysis of the process by which this visual material was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koivunen, Leila (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2009
Series:Routledge research in travel writing 2
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Online Access:NetLibrary

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p [319]-344) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Exploration and the production of travel pictures. The framed view of Africa ; The ideal of visual documentation ; Problematic picturing ; Africa captured in pictures -- 2. Illustrations of Africa take shape in Europe. Shared eye-witnessing ; Selection of imagery ; The inevitable transformation ; Coping with the unknown continent -- 3. Conclusion: Africa through western eyes 
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650 0 |a Travelers' writings, English   |z Africa   |x History and criticism 
651 0 |a Africa   |x Description and travel 
651 0 |a Africa   |x Discovery and exploration 
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