First footsteps in East Africa vs Le Rhin: Which Should You Read?

Cover of First footsteps in East Africa First footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton · 1856 ★★★★☆ 3.6 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Challenging

A diary style narrative of an exploration of Somalia. PDF (firstfootstepsin01burtuoft.pdf) is Vol. 6 of 1894 memorial edition--Vol. 1 of 2 of An exploration of Harar

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Cover of Le Rhin Le Rhin Victor Hugo · 1800 ★★★★☆ 4.0 430 pages · ≈ 7 h 58 m · Challenging

Dans ces pages de voyage, Victor Hugo fait du Rhin et de ses villes un vaste livre de pierre, où Mayence, Cologne, Francfort, Worms et Rome révèlent les combats du temps, de l'histoire et de la modernité. L'arrivée par…

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First footsteps in East AfricaLe Rhin
Goodreads 3.6 (164) 4.3 (9)

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First footsteps in East AfricaLe Rhin
Ratings 164 9
Editions 89 43
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 410 39
Reading it now 83 —
Written reviews 13 —
Wikipedia attention — 140
Pages 256 430

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