From Tripoli To Timbuktu
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From Tripoli To Timbuktu
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Author : Doug McGuinn
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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From Tripoli To Timbuktu written by Doug McGuinn and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Gateway To The Sahara
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Author : Charles Wellington Furlong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
The Gateway To The Sahara written by Charles Wellington Furlong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Sahara categories.
The Race For Timbuktu
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Author : Frank T. Kryza
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-03-29
The Race For Timbuktu written by Frank T. Kryza and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-29 with Travel categories.
In the first decades of the nineteenth century, no place burned more brightly in the imagination of European geographers––and fortune hunters––than the lost city of Timbuktu. Africa's legendary City of Gold, not visited by Europeans since the Middle Ages, held the promise of wealth and fame for the first explorer to make it there. In 1824, the French Geographical Society offered a cash prize to the first expedition from any nation to visit Timbuktu and return to tell the tale. One of the contenders was Major Alexander Gordon Laing, a thirty–year–old army officer. Handsome and confident, Laing was convinced that Timbuktu was his destiny, and his ticket to glory. In July 1825, after a whirlwind romance with Emma Warrington, daughter of the British consul at Tripoli, Laing left the Mediterranean coast to cross the Sahara. His 2,000–mile journey took on an added urgency when Hugh Clapperton, a more experienced explorer, set out to beat him. Apprised of each other's mission by overseers in London who hoped the two would cooperate, Clapperton instead became Laing's rival, spurring him on across a hostile wilderness. An emotionally charged, action–packed, utterly gripping read, The Race for Timbuktu offers a close, personal look at the extraordinary people and pivotal events of nineteenth–century African exploration that changed the course of history and the shape of the modern world.
From Here To Timbuktu
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Author : Warren Glenn Calhoun
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2001
From Here To Timbuktu written by Warren Glenn Calhoun and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Detective and mystery stories categories.
In 1974, the young world traveler Blake Right finds a classified document that indicates The Triangle, as he suspects it is called, is an insidious organization capable of universal domination. Unsure that Blake actually saw and destroyed the missing document, The Triangle nevertheless sends agents to threaten him with dire reprisals if he reveals any of the confidential information. While in Hong Kong in 1982, the educated and perceptive Dr. Blake Right, doctor of philology, learns that The Triangle is somehow connected with the area of the Sahara that historically has been controlled by the legendary city Timbuktu. He begins to suspect that The Triangular Void near Timbuktu, the Bermuda Triangle of Africa, contains part of The Triangle's power base. Blake's daltonism, colorblindness, coupled with his enormous intelligence enable him to continue his cautious investigation of The Triangle. The unsuspecting Dr. Right is hired by The Triangle to live in designated countries, investigate their literature and history, and show how those elements relate to the languages the people use. In doing so, Blake reveals to The Triangle how those people think and feel. Rather than using this information to benefit the people, The Triangle uses it to further dominate them and expand its realm—complicity was not Blake's intention. The Triangle also successfully hires Blake as a courier of confidential information, in an attempt to corrupt him. The scrupulous Blake, in the hope that he can modify The Triangle's evil control, discovers that the first non-African explorer to reach Timbuktu may have passed through The Triangular Void on his way from Tripoli to Timbuktu between July 1825 and September 1826. Alexander Gordon Laing, the Scottish James Bond of yesteryear, kept a journal of his Saharan journey to Timbuktu and what he found there. Unfortunately, Laing was beheaded on the second day of his journey back to England. Laing's missing journal almost brought about a break in diplomatic relations between England and France, in that the French consul in Tripoli was suspected of engineering Laing's death. The consul's subsequent plagiarizing of information that Laing's journal was thought to contain, forced him to make a suspicious departure from Tripoli. If Blake is able to survive, he is convinced that finding The Laing Journal will enable him to obtain the leverage he needs to negotiate with The Triangle and provide an optimistic future for the human race.
Missions To The Niger
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Author : E.W. Bovill
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-05-15
Missions To The Niger written by E.W. Bovill and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with History categories.
This is the first of several volumes on the exploration of the Niger following its discovery by Mingo Park. It begins with the travels of Friedrich Hornemann and then leaps a quarter of a century to the great journey of Alexander Gordon Laing. The travels of Lyon, Oudney, Denham and Clapperton will be the subject of later volumes. Book I consists of an edited text of Hornemann's journal of his travels from Cairo to Murzuk between 1797 and 1798 together with an introduction by Mr Bovill. Book II , on Laing's mission to Timbucktu from 1824 until his death in 1826, has been built up from miscellaneous material drawn from various contemporary sources. All the more important contemporary documents, whether in Laing's hand or not, have been printed exactly as they were written, but the fragmentary material which can be drawn from less important letters and official despatches has been turned into editorial notes which are interpolated in the text. Continued in Second Series 128-130. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1964.
Balancing Written History With Oral Traditions
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Author : Hassimi Oumarou Maiga
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-09-10
Balancing Written History With Oral Traditions written by Hassimi Oumarou Maiga and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-10 with History categories.
This book offers a unique interpretation of Africa’s legacy to the world and the worldwide African Diaspora through bringing to light the sociocultural contributions of the Songhoy people and the cosmopolitan empire they established in West Africa.
The British In Tropical Africa
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Author : Ifor L. Evans
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-08-21
The British In Tropical Africa written by Ifor L. Evans and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-21 with History categories.
Originally published in 1929, this book was written to provide a historical summary of the way in which Britain's 'tropical African Empire' came into existence. Intended for the use of people in the Colonial Service, the text focuses mainly on discussing British interests in West and East Africa, although there are shorter sections on the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and African history more generally. A bibliography, statistical summary and maps of various regions are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in perspectives on African history and British colonial history.
The Rough Guide To West Africa
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Author : Rough Guides
language : en
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
Release Date : 2008-06-02
The Rough Guide To West Africa written by Rough Guides and has been published by Rough Guides UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-02 with Travel categories.
The Rough Guide to West Africa in epub format is the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to one of the world's hardest - and most rewarding - regions for travel, covering the 15 visitable countries from Mauritania to Cameroon in fifty percent more detail than its only competitor. Each chapter of the Rough Guide includes thoroughly researched hotel and restaurant listings, sections on everything from food and language to media and sport, and thoughtful background on the environment, culture, history, politics and music. The introduction highlights the region's attractions and touches on its great range of cultural and scenic impressions. Sections on Arts and Crafts and Fruit and Food Plants offer fascinating information and useful advice. More than 160 accessible and accurate maps guide you from the urban jungle to beaches and mountains. And an extensive index references every place mentioned in the guide. Visit the author blog at http://theroughguidetowestafrica.blogspot.com for news, links and updates. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to West Africa
Echoes Of Empire
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Author : Kalypso Nicolaïdis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-23
Echoes Of Empire written by Kalypso Nicolaïdis and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-23 with History categories.
How does our colonial past echo through today's global politics? How have former empire-builders sought vindication or atonement, and formerly colonized states reversal or retribution? This groundbreaking book presents a panoramic view of attitudes to empires past and present, seen not only through the hard politics of international power structures but also through the nuances of memory, historiography and national and minority cultural identities. Bringing together leading historians, poitical scientists and international relations scholars from across the globe, Echoes of Empire emphasizes Europe's colonial legacy whilst also highlighting the importance of non-European power centres- Ottoman, Russian, Chinese, Japanese- in shaping world politics, then and now. Echoes of Empire bridges the divide between disciplines to trace the global routes travelled by objects, ideas and people and forms a radically different notion of the term 'empire' itself. This will be an essential companion to courses on international relations and imperial history as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in Western hegemony, North-South relations, global power shifts and the longue duree.
Across The Sahara
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Author : Klaus Braun
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-08-14
Across The Sahara written by Klaus Braun and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-14 with Business & Economics categories.
This open access book provides a multi-perspective approach to the caravan trade in the Sahara during the 19th century. Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessary to establish those trade networks. Included are a variety of unique historical and recent maps as well as remote sensing images of the important trade routes and the corresponding historic oases. To give a deeper understanding of how those trading networks work, aspects such as culturally influenced concepts of spatial orientation are discussed. The book aims to be a useful reference for the caravan trade in the Sahara, that can be recommended both to students and to specialists and researchers in the field of Geography, History and African Studies.