About the book: 1985 / An author from the GDR, historian, writer and publicist, offers the Soviet reader a book about the outstanding German scientist and traveler of the last century, Heinrich Barth, about the main work of his life - the Great African Expedition, as well as about other travels, in particular to the Mediterranean countries. The results of Barth's research on Africa still form the basis of many modern ideas about the past of African peoples, their culture, languages ​​and customs. The book is based primarily on the diaries that Heinrich Barth kept throughout his travels.