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The race for Timbuktu : in search of Africa's city of gold / Frank T. Kryza.

Kryza, Frank T. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060560649
  • Physical Description: xxv, 322 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-308) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A Scotsman at Tripoli -- The African association -- A wedding in the English garden -- White man's grave -- The "African traveler" -- The tripoli route -- Hugh Clapperton -- The journey to Bornu -- Undiscovered empires -- The race begins -- Over the rim of the world -- Clapperton catches up -- The ivory miniature -- The widow Zuma -- Treachery in the Tanexrouft -- Troubles for Captain Clapperton -- The city of legend -- The long silence -- The lost papers -- The mystery solved.
Subject:
Tombouctou (Mali) > History > 19th century.
Laing, Alexander Gordon.
Africa, West > Discovery and exploration.
Explorers > Africa, West > Biography.
Travelers > Africa, West > Biography.
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at North Carolina Community Colleges Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Coastal Carolina Community College.

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Coastal Carolina Community College Library DT 551.9 .T55 K79 2006 (Text) 39020000793011 General Collection Available -