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Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo and Across the Great Desert to Morocco, Performed in the Years 1824-28, v. 1 (Hardcover, Facsimile of 1830 ed)
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Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo and Across the Great Desert to Morocco, Performed in the Years 1824-28, v. 1 (Hardcover, Facsimile of 1830 ed)
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In the early decades of the nineteenth century European interest in
Africa was reaching its height. Places such as Timbuctoo, seemingly
as remote as the moon, were seen as vital links in the
establishment of new trade routes to the African interior. In 1822
the Scottish explorer, Alexander Gordon Laing, was successful in
reaching Timbuctoo but was murdered by Arabs, a fate awaiting any
discovered Christian, infidel, traveller. In 1826 the Geographical
Society of Paris offered a large prie for the first person to erach
and successfully return from Timbuctoo. Rene Caillie, already
familiar with trade in North Africa, took up the challenge and
embarked upon a hazardous year-long journey, reaching the
mysterious desert kingdom in April 1828. On his triumphant return
Caillie published an account of his travels, a vivid picture of
desert life, and of the Arabs and their customs. Originally
published in 1830, and here republished in facsimile, this
two-volume work is a classic among the works of early travellers.
Caillie's eye for detail, along with his description of the perils
of travel in a hostile world, provides a fascinating and exciting
account of early exploration.
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