Northeast afrika. Laserda

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It is necessary to tell, that before the first travel of Livingstone the Central Africa was very little known. Portugueses have a little made regarding opening for Europeans of area in which they had some political influence, and even that little, that has been made, has not received due publicity. Travel of Portuguese Laserdy (1798) was the first, and at the same time the major, research enterprise falling to this period . Laserda heard, that meant to send expedition ' for the purpose of an establishment of the overland message between east and western coasts of Africa instead of long and dangerous swimming round cape of Kind Hope '. It has submitted some thoughts in this connection the project and has in detail stated those benefits, what should cause its and crossed it from the north of a pas the south from Masaua to Boiki (to the north from Rudolf's lake) in the country Kaffa. They have made more than any other traveller, for knowledge of Ethiopia. They have made geodetic shooting and have made it unusually precisely. They have connected a chain of triangles area Kaffa to Red sea and have defined position approximately nine hundred points.

Because of political rivalry between France and England which has captured itself also missionaries in northern Ethiopia, results of research were rather insignificant at this time. In 1841 in this connection rivalry Harris has spent successful expedition to internal areas of Ethiopia for the purpose of an establishment trading the intercourse with them. It has brought with itself(himself) routeing shooting of a way from Tadzhury to Anko - • bera and the first has precisely established a longitude of this last city.

Works Bika, Harris and d! Abbadi the first period of research of Ethiopia comes to an end. It was marked by the big successes in mountain areas whereas the east and the country southeast remained almost untouched.