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Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo - And across the Great Desert, to Morocco, Performed in the Years 1824-1828 (Paperback)
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Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo - And across the Great Desert, to Morocco, Performed in the Years 1824-1828 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies, Volume 2
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French explorer Rene Caillie (1799-1838) was the first European to
document a successful expedition to Timbuktu, Africa's elusive
'city of gold'. Europeans were not welcome there, and until
Caillie's expedition no explorer had returned alive. Encouraged by
the 10,000 francs offered by the Societe de Geographie to the first
non-Muslim to bring back information on the city, he set out from
Senegal in 1824 and eventually reached Timbuktu in 1828. His
travels are recounted here in this two-volume work, first published
in English in 1830. Volume 2 covers the final part of his journey
to Timbuktu, where he stayed for two weeks. Including his
impressions of the peoples, tribal conflict, slavery, customs and
commerce, the volume concludes with an account of his journey home
across the Sahara Desert, and his survival in spite of suffering
from fever and fatigue. Vividly written, Caillie's work remains a
landmark in the history of African exploration and adventure.
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