Somal and Gala Land

Title

Somal and Gala Land See all items with this value

Description

In Northern Somal Land, Lieut. Cruttenden is entitled to the credit of having first penetrated into the interior of the country,for Mr. R. Stuart,whom Salt despatched to Zeyla with instructiont so proceed to Harar, rt ever left the coast; whilst Lieut. Barker, who endeavoured to reach that point from Shoa in 1842, failed in his e:aterprise. Mr. Cruttenden looked down from the sutnmit of the Airansidu pon the broad vale of the Tok :Daroro, r "river of mist " (1848). Captain Speke e:xtended these explorationss is years afterwards;a nd CaptainB urton, in 185S,achieved one of those triumphs which it is given to few travellers to achieve. :He reached Harar, the old capital of Adea, the first European xvho did so, although that town lies within a few marches from the coast, and was known by report to the old Portuguese.

Identifier

177

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Uploaded Date (Original EH)

2017-02-14

Uploaded By (Original EH)

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Date

1884 See all items with this value

Author

E.G. Ravenstein See all items with this value

Type

Journals

Author Ethnicity

Non-Harari