CONTENTS 
OF 
VOLUME I. 
INTRODUCTION. 
CHAPTER L 
DISCOVERIES OF TllE ANCIENTS. 
Division of the Ancient World into Continents. — Medi- 
terranean Coast. — Influence of poetical ideas. — Curio- 
sity of the Ancients respecting the interior. — At- 
tempts to circumnavigate Africa ; Phenicians under 
Necho ; Sataspes ; Eudoxus.— Voyages along the 
Western Coast ; Hanno ; Scylax ; Polybius.— Eastern 
Coast; Evemerus ; Arrian's Periplus. — Attempts to 
penetrate into the interior ; the Nasamones ; Camby- 
ses ; Alexander ; Roman Expeditions, - Page $ 
CHAPTER II. 
DISCOVERIES DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. 
The Arabians — Their Entrance into Africa ; their Es- 
tablishment on the Niger Kingdoms of Ghana, 
Wangara, &c. — Limits of their Knowledge Leo 
Africanus. — Changes in Central Africa. — Foundation 
of Tombuctoo. — Description of that City. — Ghinea. 
— Melli.— Gualata, 6 
VOL. I. b 
