Azaghvana E-Book 2003 - Flipbook - Page 446
Figure 26b: Reconstruction of Barth's first view of the Gwoza hills in early June 1851
Key: (Petermann 1855) - Barth 1857 - "Barth 1857, text only" -
- [google earth]
In Figure 26b above we attempt to reconstruct the various geographical perspectives
mentioned by Barth on his first sight of the Gwoza hills between 5th and 9th June 1851
(ibid:369-401), and again about a month later on his way back from Yola in mid-July
(ibid:530-538). To read the reconstruction we need to use the key, showing words presented
within brackets when it is a reference to Petermann 1855, and without brackets for Barth
1857, while quotation marks refer to names of places that only Barth mentions in his text, for
example "Mt Wula". The latter does not appear on Barth's map, but he only writes of a Mt
Wula in a long footnote (ibid:538) together with other place names, and we provisionally
identify his Mt Wula as the Moskota hills. We have included a reference by Moisel in 1913 as
, while [Moskota hills] is where it appears on Google earth.
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