| Introductory to Africa |
| | Africa by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| | Under the Palm-Trees by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| | Africa by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | Africa by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | The Slave Ship by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| | The African Chief by William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) |
| | Africa by Maria Lowell (1821–1853) |
| | The Slave’s Dream by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | In Africa by Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) |
| The Barbary States: Algiers |
| | Ode on the Battle of Algiers by Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | Under the Olives by Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829–1925) |
| | The Enchanted Baths by Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| The Barbary States: Atlas, the Mountain |
| | The Mountain Streams by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) |
| The Barbary States: Carthage |
| | Carthage by Virgil (70–19 B.C.) |
| | Carthage by Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) |
| | Marius amidst the Ruins of Carthage by Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839) |
| | Marius by Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) |
| | Carthage by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) |
| | Hannibal’s Oath by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) |
| | Carthage by Thomas Kibble Hervey (1804–1859) |
| | Carthage by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| The Barbary States: Derne |
| | The Storming of Derne by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) |
| The Barbary States: Utica |
| | Cato’s Soliloquy by Joseph Addison (1672–1719) |
| Introductory to Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia |
| | Egypt by James Thomson (1834–1882) |
| | Egypt by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| | Egypt by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) |
| | Egypt by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | Egypt by Philip Freneau (1752–1832) |
| | Egypt by Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903) |
| | A Vision of Old Egypt by Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel (1834–1894) |
| | The Egyptian Princess by Sir Edwin Arnold (1832–1904) |
| | The Seventh Plague of Egypt by George Croly (1780–1860) |
| | An Egyptian Tomb by William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | To an Egyptian Mummy by Horace Smith (1779–1849) |
| | The Pyramids of Egypt by Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839) |
| | Festal Dirge from the Egyptian |
| | Isis and Osiris by Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599) |
| | A Meditation by José Agostinho de Macedo (1761–1831) |
| | The Destroying Angel by Abraham Cowley (1618–1667) |
| | The Sons of Cush by William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | Gebir by Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) |
| | The Witch of Atlas by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) |
| | To the Alabaster Sarcophagus by Horace Smith (1779–1849) |
| | The Papyrus by Robert Treat Paine (1773–1811) |
| | Macarius the Monk by John Boyle O’Reilly (1884–1890) |
| | The Pyramids by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885) |
| | Pelters of Pyramids by Richard Hengist Horne (1802–1884) |
| | The Sphinx and the Pyramids by George Wilson |
| | The Sphinx by Henry Howard Brownell (1820–1872) |
| | The Colossi by Florence Smith (1845–1871) |
| | The Colossi by Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884) |
| | Nubia by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) |
| | Snow in Abyssinia by William Pitt Palmer (1805–1884) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Alexandria |
| | Alexandria by Lucan (39–65 A.D.) |
| | The Death of Cleopatra by Horace (65–8 B.C.) |
| | The Death of Antony by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| | Death of Antony by William Haines Lytle (1826–1863) |
| | Alexandria by William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | Alexandria by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| | Philip the Freed-Man by Henry Howard Brownell (1820–1872) |
| | Cæsar in Tears by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838–1916) |
| | Pompey’s Pillar by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| | Cleopatra’s Needle by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| | The Battle of Alexandria by James Montgomery (1771–1854) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Assouan (Syene) |
| | Juvenal at Syene by Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884) |
| | Syene by Joseph Ellis (1815–1891) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Cairo |
| | The Legend of St. Vitus by Walter Thornbury (1828–1876) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Damietta |
| | Marguerite of France by Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Ensené (Antinoë) |
| | Antinoüs by Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Gheezeh (Gizeh) |
| | Gizeh by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Heliopolis (Mataria) |
| | Heliopolis by Joseph Ellis (1815–1891) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Ipsamboul (Abu-Simbel), Nubia |
| | Ipsamboul by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| | Abu Simbel by John Bruce Norton (1815–1883) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Karnak |
| | Karnak by Joseph Ellis (1815–1891) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Memphis |
| | Memphis by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Meroë, Nubia |
| | Meroë by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Nile, the River |
| | Hymn to the Nile from the Egyptian of Enna |
| | The Nile by Æschylus (525–456 B.C.) |
| | The Nile by Lucan (39–65 A.D.) |
| | The Nile by Lucretius (c 99–55 B.C.) |
| | To the Nile by John Keats (1795–1821) |
| | The Nile by Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) |
| | Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) |
| | A Sunset on the Nile by Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884) |
| | Memnon by Bryan Waller Procter (1787–1874) |
| | Moses on the Nile by James Grahame (1765–1811) |
| | The Traveller at the Source of the Nile by Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) |
| | The Nile by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885) |
| | A Traveller’s Impression on the Nile by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885) |
| | To the Nile by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) |
| | The Awakener in the Desert by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| | Napoleon in Bivouac by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| | The Battle of the Nile by William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | Casabianca by Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) |
| | The Delta of the Nile by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Philæ, the Island |
| | The Island of Philæ by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885) |
| | Philæ by Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Sais |
| | The Veiled Image at Sais by Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) |
| | Sais by Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Tentyra (Denderah) |
| | Tentyra by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Thebes |
| | Thebes by Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885) |
| | Thebes by Nicholas Michell (1807–1880) |
| | Thebes by Seymour Green Wheeler Benjamin (1837–1914) |
| | The Hermit of the Thebaid by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) |
| Sahara |
| | Cato in the Deserts of Africa by Lucan (39–65 A.D.) |
| | The Spectre-Caravan by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| | Mirage by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| | The Lion’s Ride by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| | Song of Slaves in the Desert by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) |
| | The Simoom by Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889) |
| | Desert Hymn to the Sun by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) |
| | On the Desert by William Wetmore Story (1819–1895) |
| | The Caravan in the Deserts by Felicia Hemans (1793–1835) |
| Central and Southern Africa: Bushmen’s (Bosjesman’s) Country |
| | Afar in the Desert by Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) |
| Central and Southern Africa: Cape Colony |
| | The Lion-hunt by Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) |
| | Genadendal by Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) |
| | The Rock of Elks by Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) |
| Central and Southern Africa: Cape of Good Hope |
| | The Spirit of the Cave by Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580) |
| Central and Southern Africa: Guinea |
| | The King of Congo and His Hundred Wives by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| Central and Southern Africa: Kilimandjaro, the Mountain |
| | Kilimandjaro by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878) |
| Central and Southern Africa: Madagascar, the Island |
| | Madagascar Song by John Leyden (1775–1811) |
| Central and Southern Africa: Soudan |
| | The Phœnix by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876) |
| | Timbuctoo by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | Timbuctoo by Arthur Henry Hallam (1811–1833) |
| | Timbuctoo by Richard Hengist Horne (1802–1884) |
