Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Education / The World and Its People, Book VII: Views in Africa / Braille

The World and Its People, Book VII: Views in Africa ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

821,870 braille cells · 866 embossed pages at 40×25 · 829 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠠⠠⠗⠊⠧⠑⠗⠎⠀⠠⠠⠕⠋⠀⠠⠠⠁⠋⠗⠊⠉⠁⠲⠀⠀⠀⠠⠋⠕⠗⠀⠍⠁⠝⠽⠀
⠽⠑⠁⠗⠎⠀⠠⠁⠋⠗⠊⠉⠁⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠃⠑⠇⠊⠑⠧⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠁⠀⠇⠁⠝⠙⠀
⠙⠑⠎⠞⠊⠞⠥⠞⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠗⠊⠧⠑⠗⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠊⠕⠗⠀
⠎⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠑⠭⠏⠇⠕⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠃⠽⠀⠠⠙⠗⠲
⠀⠠⠇⠊⠧⠊⠝⠛⠎⠞⠕⠝⠑⠀⠏⠗⠕⠧⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠇⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀
⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀⠃⠑⠑⠝⠀⠋⠕⠗⠍⠑⠗⠇⠽⠀⠞⠑⠗⠍⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠥⠝⠑⠭⠏⠇⠕⠗⠑⠙⠀⠞⠑⠗⠗⠊⠞⠕⠗⠽⠀⠊⠎⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠃⠁⠗⠗⠑⠝⠂⠀
⠗⠊⠧⠑⠗⠇⠑⠎⠎⠀⠗⠑⠛⠊⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠊⠍⠁⠛⠊⠝⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀
⠏⠊⠉⠞⠥⠗⠑⠙⠲⠀⠀⠠⠎⠞⠊⠇⠇⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠗⠊⠧⠑⠗⠎⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠁⠀⠇⠕⠝⠛⠀⠞⠊⠍⠑⠀⠃⠥⠞⠀
⠊⠍⠏⠑⠗⠋⠑⠉⠞⠇⠽⠀⠙⠑⠞⠑⠗⠍⠊⠝⠑⠙⠲⠀⠀⠠⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀
⠛⠑⠝⠑⠗⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠁⠉⠅⠝⠕⠺⠇⠑⠙⠛⠑⠙⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠂⠀⠕⠋⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠀⠗⠊⠧⠑⠗⠎⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠎⠉⠁⠗⠉⠑⠇⠽⠀⠕⠝⠑⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞
⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠃⠑⠑⠝⠀⠎⠥⠉⠉⠑⠎⠎⠋⠥⠇⠇⠽⠀⠞⠗⠁⠉⠑⠙⠀⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀
⠎⠕⠥⠗⠉⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠍⠕⠥⠞⠓⠀⠞⠓⠗⠕⠥⠛⠓⠕⠥⠞⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠑⠝⠞⠊⠗⠑⠀
⠇⠑⠝⠛⠞⠓⠲⠀⠠⠑⠧⠑⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠞⠗⠊⠃⠥⠞⠁⠗⠊⠑⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠎⠑⠀
⠗⠊⠧⠑⠗⠎⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠃⠥⠞⠀⠊⠍⠏⠑⠗⠋⠑⠉⠞⠇⠽⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠝⠂⠀⠕⠺⠊⠝⠛⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠍⠁⠝⠽⠀⠙⠊⠋⠋⠊⠉⠥⠇⠞⠊⠑⠎⠀⠁⠞⠞⠑⠝⠙⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠑⠊⠗
⠀⠑⠭⠏⠇⠕⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠲⠀⠀⠠⠺⠑⠀⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠁⠀⠗⠊⠛⠓⠞⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠝⠂⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠑⠭⠏⠑⠉⠞⠀⠍⠥⠉⠓⠀⠋⠗⠕⠍⠀⠇⠁⠞⠑⠗⠀⠊⠝⠧⠑⠎⠞⠊⠛⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠂
⠀⠁⠎⠀⠍⠕⠗⠑⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠍⠕⠗⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠕⠥⠝⠞⠗⠽⠀⠊⠎⠀
⠕⠏⠑⠝⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠕⠃⠎⠑⠗⠧⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠲⠀⠀⠠⠞⠓⠑⠀⠚⠕⠥⠗⠝⠁⠇⠎⠀⠕⠋
⠀⠎⠥⠉⠓⠀⠍⠑⠝⠀⠁⠎⠀⠠⠇⠊⠧⠊⠝⠛⠎⠞⠕⠝⠑⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠠⠎⠞⠁⠝⠇⠑⠽⠀
⠕⠏⠑⠝⠀⠁⠀⠧⠁⠎⠞⠀⠎⠞⠕⠗⠑⠓⠕⠥⠎⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠇⠑⠙⠛⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀
⠞⠓⠕⠎⠑⠀⠺⠓⠕⠀⠗⠑⠁⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠍⠲⠀⠠⠋⠁⠎⠉⠊⠝⠁⠞⠑⠙⠂⠀⠁⠎⠀⠃⠽⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.