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Author Kryza, Frank T.

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

Publication Info. New York : Ecco, 2007.
2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  966.23 K94R    Check Shelf
Edition First Harper Perennial edition.
Description xxv, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Note Originally published: 2006.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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 Laing, Alexander Gordon.
Explorers -- Africa, West -- Biography.
Travelers -- Africa, West -- Biography.
Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Tombouctou (Mali) -- History -- 19th century.
Africa, West -- Discovery and exploration.
ISBN 0060560657 paperback
9780060560652 paperback
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